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arxiv: 1401.3504 · v2 · pith:IEMAPGFBnew · submitted 2014-01-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.str-el · cond-mat.stat-mech· hep-th· quant-ph

Corner contribution to the entanglement entropy of an O(3) quantum critical point in 2+1 dimensions

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The entanglement entropy for a quantum critical system across a boundary with a corner exhibits a sub-leading logarithmic scaling term with a scale-invariant coefficient. Using a Numerical Linked Cluster Expansion, we calculate this universal quantity for a square-lattice bilayer Heisenberg model at its quantum critical point. We find, for this 2+1 dimensional O(3) universality class, that it is thrice the value calculated previously for the Ising universality class. This relation gives substantial evidence that this coefficient provides a measure of the number of degrees of freedom of the theory, analogous to the central charge in a 1+1 dimensional conformal field theory.

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