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arxiv: 1501.01743 · v5 · pith:I6NTFIFPnew · submitted 2015-01-08 · 🪐 quant-ph · hep-th

Entanglement of Spatial Regions vs. Entanglement of Particles

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keywords particlesentanglementregionsspatialtheoryarbitraryconsidercontribution
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Consider an arbitrary local quantum field theory with a gap or an arbitrary gapless free theory. We consider states in such a theory, that describe two entangled particles localized in disjoint regions of space. We show that in such a state, to leading order, R\'{e}nyi entropies of spatial regions, containing only one of the particles are same as their quantum mechanical counterparts, after subtraction of vacuum contribution. Subleading corrections depend on overlap of wave functions. These results suggest that Von Neumann entropy of a spatial region, after subtraction of vacuum contribution, can serve as a measure of entanglement of indistinguishable particles in pure states.

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