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Entanglement entropy with localized and extended interface defects

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arxiv 0903.3740 v1 pith:43YNBXTS submitted 2009-03-23 cond-mat.stat-mech quant-ph

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keywords entropydefectextendedinterfacelocalizeddefectsentanglementequilibrium
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The quantum Ising chain of length, L, which is separated into two parts by localized or extended defects is considered at the critical point where scaling of the interface magnetization is non-universal. We measure the entanglement entropy between the two halves of the system in equilibrium, as well as after a quench, when the interaction at the interface is changed for time t>0. For the localized defect the increase of the entropy with log(L) or with log(t) involves the same effective central charge, which is a continuous function of the strength of the defect. On the contrary for the extended defect the equilibrium entropy is saturated, but the non-equilibrium entropy has a logarithmic time-dependence the prefactor of which depends on the strength of the defect.

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