Disentangling (2+1)D topological states of matter with entanglement negativity

Jun 14, 2021
35 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.B 104 (2021) 11, 115155
  • Published: Sep 15, 2021
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Abstract: (APS)
We use the entanglement negativity, a bipartite measure of entanglement in mixed quantum states, to study how multipartite entanglement constrains the real-space structure of the ground-state wave functions of (2+1)-dimensional topological phases. We focus on the (Abelian) Laughlin and (non-Abelian) Moore-Read states at filling fraction ν=1/m. We show that a combination of entanglement negativities, calculated with respect to specific cylinder and torus geometries, determines a necessary condition for when a topological state can be disentangled, i.e., factorized into a tensor product of states defined on cylinder subregions. This condition, which requires the ground state to lie in a definite topological sector, is sufficient for the Laughlin state. On the other hand, we find that a general Moore-Read ground state cannot be disentangled even when the disentangling condition holds.
Note:
  • 35 pages, 5 figures
  • phase: topological
  • geometry: torus
  • entanglement
  • ground state
  • cylinder
  • abelian
  • nonabelian
  • dimension: 3