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Measuring entanglement at finite temperatures

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Abstract

Relating the entanglement of many-body systems at finite temperature to measurable observables is desirable. In this talk, we provide relations between Renyi moments of an entanglement monotone and measurable observables. First we introduce a new entanglement monotone, the number entanglement entropy [1]. It is an entropy change due to an unselective subsystem charge measurement, and is an entanglement monotone for the systems with a conserved charge. Next, we derive finite temperature equilibrium relations between the Renyi moments of the number entanglement entropy and multi-point charge correlation functions. We exemplify these relations in quantum dot systems where the desired charge correlations can be measured via a nearby quantum point contact. Especially, in the multi-channel Kondo effect, we show that the number entanglement entropy and its Renyi moments have the same nontrivial universal temperature dependence at low temperature, which is now accessible using the proposed methods.

Publication: [1] Zhanyu Ma, Cheolhee Han, Yigal Meir, and Eran Sela, Phys. Rev. A 105, 042416

Presenters

  • Cheolhee Han

    Tel Aviv University

Authors

  • Cheolhee Han

    Tel Aviv University

  • Yigal Meir

    Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  • Eran Sela

    Tel Aviv University, TAU