For two free-fermion lattices connected by a few quantum point contacts, the entanglement entropy of typical excited eigenstates grows only linearly with subsystem size, not extensively.
Critical entanglement of XXZ Heisenberg chains with defects
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We study the entanglement properties of anisotropic open spin one-half Heisenberg chains with a modified central bond. The entanglement entropy between the two half-chains is calculated with the density-matrix renormalization method (DMRG).We find a logarithmic behaviour with an effective central charge c' varying with the length of the system. It flows to one in the ferromagnetic region and to zero in the antiferromagnetic region of the model. In the XX case it has a non-universal limit and we recover previous results.
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The Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis in a Quantum Point Contact Geometry
For two free-fermion lattices connected by a few quantum point contacts, the entanglement entropy of typical excited eigenstates grows only linearly with subsystem size, not extensively.