Out-of-time-ordered correlators and purity in rational conformal field theories

Feb 21, 2016
10 pages
Published in:
  • PTEP 2016 (2016) 11, 113B06
  • Published: Nov 16, 2016
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Report number:
  • NORDITA-2016-6,
  • YITP-16-10

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Abstract: (Oxford University Press)
In this paper we investigate measures of chaos and entanglement in rational conformal field theories in 1 + 1 dimensions. First, we derive a formula for the late time value of the out-of-time-ordered correlators for this class of theories. Our universal result can be expressed as a particular combination of the modular S-matrix elements known as anyon monodromy scalar. Next, in the explicit setup of an SU(N)k Wess–Zumino–Witten model, we compare the late time behavior of the out-of-time-ordered correlators and the purity. Interestingly, in the large-c limit, the purity grows logarithmically as in holographic theories; in contrast, the out-of-time-ordered correlators remain, in general, nonvanishing.
Note:
  • Minor typographical error corrected. Matches published version
  • Quantum information
  • AdS/CFT correspondence
  • Topological field theory
  • General
  • Theoretical Particle Physics
  • field theory: conformal: rational
  • central charge
  • field theory: topological
  • S-matrix: modular
  • dimension: 2