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Position-momentum duality in the entanglement spectrum of free fermions

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IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2014/10/P10023

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correlation functions; correlation functions (theory); entanglement in extended quantum systems (theory)

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  1. Agency of Science, Technology and Research of Singapore
  2. National Science Foundation [DMR-1151786]
  3. Government of Canada through Industry Canada
  4. Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Research and Innovation

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We propose an exact equivalence between the entanglement spectra of two completely different free-fermion systems at zero temperature. This equivalence follows from a position-momentum duality where the physical roles of the occupied band and real space projectors are exchanged. We examine the physical consequences of this duality in multi-band models and as an example also physically motivate the equivalence of the entanglement spectrum of a real space partitioned two-band topological insulator with that of a bilayer Fermi gas with an interlayer partition. This duality has an interesting relation with the Wannier Spectrum in the high-temperature limit and can also be extended to other basis-independent physical quantities like particle-number fluctuations.

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