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arxiv: 2511.09714 · v3 · submitted 2025-11-12 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.mes-hall· hep-ph· nucl-th· quant-ph

Geometry Induced Chiral Transport and Entanglement in AdS₂ Background

Kazuki Ikeda , Yaron Oz This is my paper

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classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.mes-hallhep-phnucl-thquant-ph
keywords AdS2chiral transportDirac fermionsentanglement entropyLieb-Robinson conespin connectionblack hole horizoncausal cone
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Spacetime curvature in AdS2 acts as an effective magnetic field for Dirac fermions, inducing asymmetric chiral transport within an inhomogeneous causal cone.

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The paper examines how the geometry of AdS2 spacetime affects the real-time behavior of Dirac fermions through the spin connection. This connection creates an effective magnetic field and a varying chiral chemical potential that cause waves to propagate asymmetrically and stay inside a position-dependent Lieb-Robinson cone. Front speeds slow down when the fermion mass grows or when the black hole horizon enlarges. Entanglement entropy grows inside the cone but then levels off because of dephasing effects in the limited chain. Charge and current correlations show peaks when the fronts arrive, and collision scenarios produce ridges in the entanglement pattern.

Core claim

In AdS2 and AdS2 black hole geometries the spacetime curvature produces a spin connection term in the Dirac equation. This term functions as an effective magnetic field together with a position-dependent chiral chemical potential. The resulting dynamics feature strongly asymmetric fermion wave propagation that remains confined inside an inhomogeneous Lieb-Robinson cone. Propagation front velocities become smaller for larger fermion masses and bigger horizon radii. Entanglement entropy builds inside the causal cone yet saturates owing to screening and dephasing along the finite chain. When two dipoles collide the central bipartite entropy increases precisely as the inward fronts cross, and it

What carries the argument

The curvature-induced spin connection in the Dirac fermion action, which supplies both an effective magnetic field and an inhomogeneous chiral chemical potential that dictate the asymmetric transport and entanglement evolution.

Load-bearing premise

The standard inclusion of the spin connection from the curved metric fully accounts for the real-time dynamics of the fermions without significant extra quantum corrections or cutoff effects changing the front speeds and entanglement behavior.

What would settle it

A direct numerical integration of the Dirac equation on the AdS2 metric that measures the actual propagation speeds of the wave fronts and checks whether they decrease with mass and horizon radius as predicted.

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We study the real-time chiral dynamics of Dirac fermions in AdS$_2$ and AdS$_2$ black hole backgrounds. The spacetime curvature generates a spin connection term, acting as an effective magnetic field and a position-dependent chiral chemical potential. This leads to strongly asymmetric wave propagation, confined within an inhomogeneous Lieb-Robinson cone. The front velocities decrease with increasing fermion mass and horizon radius. The entanglement entropy grows inside the causal cone, and it saturates due to screening/dephasing in the finite inhomogeneous chain. In dipole-dipole collision, the central bipartite entropy rises when the inward Lieb-Robinson fronts intersect, forming a bright ridge in the local entanglement profile. Charge and current correlators peak at the front arrival, providing a real-time diagnostic of chiral transport. These results establish a causality-respecting framework, linking curvature and horizons to transport and entanglement in (1+1)-dimensional fermionic matter.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript examines the real-time chiral dynamics of Dirac fermions in AdS₂ and AdS₂ black hole backgrounds. Curvature generates a spin connection term acting as an effective magnetic field and position-dependent chiral chemical potential, producing asymmetric wave propagation confined to an inhomogeneous Lieb-Robinson cone. Front velocities decrease with increasing fermion mass and horizon radius. Entanglement entropy grows inside the causal cone and saturates due to screening/dephasing in the finite inhomogeneous chain. Dipole-dipole collisions cause the central bipartite entropy to rise upon intersection of inward fronts, with charge and current correlators peaking at front arrival times.

Significance. If the results hold, the work provides a causality-respecting framework connecting spacetime curvature and horizons to chiral transport and entanglement in (1+1)-dimensional fermionic systems. The real-time evolution approach and identification of geometry-induced effects on Lieb-Robinson bounds are strengths that could inform holographic models and analog gravity setups. The setup appears free of ad-hoc parameters, with claims derived from the standard spin connection in curved-space QFT.

major comments (2)
  1. Lattice implementation of the Dirac Hamiltonian: The position-dependent spin connection is discretized on a finite chain with inhomogeneous hoppings. This regularization may shift the effective light-cone velocity and alter the dephasing time that controls entanglement saturation. A controlled continuum extrapolation or direct comparison to the exactly solvable flat-space limit is required to confirm that the reported front-velocity dependence on mass and horizon radius is free of lattice artifacts.
  2. Entanglement saturation mechanism: The claim that saturation occurs due to screening/dephasing in the finite inhomogeneous chain lacks quantitative support such as scaling with system size or an explicit expression for the dephasing rate. This is load-bearing for the central claim that the dynamics remain causality-respecting inside the cone.
minor comments (1)
  1. The initial state for the dipole-dipole collision is not described in sufficient detail in the main text; a brief specification of the wave-packet centers and chiralities would improve clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for the constructive feedback. We address each of the major comments in detail below, clarifying our approach and indicating the revisions that will be incorporated in the updated version.

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  1. Referee: Lattice implementation of the Dirac Hamiltonian: The position-dependent spin connection is discretized on a finite chain with inhomogeneous hoppings. This regularization may shift the effective light-cone velocity and alter the dephasing time that controls entanglement saturation. A controlled continuum extrapolation or direct comparison to the exactly solvable flat-space limit is required to confirm that the reported front-velocity dependence on mass and horizon radius is free of lattice artifacts.

    Authors: We agree that a careful check for lattice artifacts is important. Our manuscript already includes a comparison to the flat-space limit, in which the spin connection vanishes and we recover the expected symmetric propagation for the solvable case. The dependence of front velocities on mass and horizon radius is a physical consequence of the curvature terms. Nevertheless, to provide stronger evidence, we will add a continuum extrapolation analysis by considering finer lattices and showing that the front velocities converge to values independent of the discretization scale. This revision will be included in the updated manuscript. revision: yes

  2. Referee: Entanglement saturation mechanism: The claim that saturation occurs due to screening/dephasing in the finite inhomogeneous chain lacks quantitative support such as scaling with system size or an explicit expression for the dephasing rate. This is load-bearing for the central claim that the dynamics remain causality-respecting inside the cone.

    Authors: The entanglement entropy saturation is a numerical observation in our simulations for the finite system. We interpret it as resulting from dephasing due to the inhomogeneous terms and finite size effects, which is consistent with the dynamics remaining within the causal cone. While we do not derive an explicit analytical formula for the dephasing rate, we will enhance the manuscript by adding data on how the saturation time scales with system size and a more detailed explanation of the screening mechanism. This will provide additional quantitative support without altering the central conclusions. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper applies the standard spin-connection coupling for Dirac fermions in AdS2 and AdS2 black hole geometries to compute real-time chiral dynamics on a lattice. The asymmetric propagation, inhomogeneous Lieb-Robinson cone, and entanglement saturation are presented as direct consequences of the curvature-induced effective magnetic field and position-dependent chiral chemical potential arising from the metric. No step reduces a claimed prediction to a fitted parameter by construction, no central premise rests on a self-citation chain, and the setup is not self-definitional. The derivation remains independent of the reported numerical outputs.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The central claim rests on the standard formulation of Dirac fermions coupled to curved spacetime via the spin connection; no new free parameters, ad-hoc axioms, or invented entities are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Dirac fermions in curved spacetime obey the standard spin-connection coupling that generates effective magnetic field and chiral chemical potential terms
    Invoked to explain the asymmetric propagation and Lieb-Robinson cone structure.

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