期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 114, 期 20, 页码 5142-5146出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702029114
关键词
entanglement entropy; quantum criticality; phase transitions; area law; spin chains
资金
- NSF [DMR-1508245]
- Division Of Materials Research
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1508245] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
The nature of entanglement in many-body systems is a focus of intense research with the observation that entanglement holds interesting information about quantum correlations in large systems and their relation to phase transitions. In particular, it is well known that although generic, many-body states have large, extensive entropy, ground states of reasonable local Hamiltonians carry much smaller entropy, often associated with the boundary length through the so-called area law. Here we introduce a continuous family of frustration-free Hamiltonians with exactly solvable ground states and uncover a remarkable quantum phase transition whereby the entanglement scaling changes from area law into extensively large entropy. This transition shows that entanglement in many-body systems may be enhanced under special circumstances with a potential for generating useful entanglement for the purpose of quantum computing and that the full implications of locality and its restrictions on possible ground states may hold further surprises.
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