2023/10/17 by Niko Jokela, Jokela, Niko, Helime Ruotsalainen +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Quantum many-body systems #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.11205
openalex publication_date 2023/10/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We explore the efficacy of entanglement entropy as a tool for detecting thermal phase transitions in a family of gauge theories described holographically. The rich phase diagram of these theories encompasses first and second-order phase transitions, as well as a critical and a triple point. While entanglement measures demonstrate some success in probing transitions between plasma phases, they prove inadequate when applied to phase transitions leading to gapped phases. Nonetheless, entanglement measures excel in accurately determining the critical exponent associated with the observed phase transitions, providing valuable insight into the critical behavior of these systems.