Journal of High Energy Physics (Aug 2023)

Towards a classification of holographic multi-partite entanglement measures

  • Abhijit Gadde,
  • Vineeth Krishna,
  • Trakshu Sharma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2023)202
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2023, no. 8
pp. 1 – 53

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Abstract In this paper, we systematically study the measures of multi-partite entanglement with the aim of constructing those measures that can be computed in probe approximation in the holographic dual. We classify and count general measures as invariants of local unitary transformations. After formulating these measures in terms of permutation group elements, we derive conditions that a probe measure should satisfy and find a large class of solutions. These solutions are generalizations of the multi-entropy introduced in [1]. We derive their holographic dual with the assumption that the replica symmetry is unbroken in the bulk and check our prescription with explicit computations in 2d CFTs. Analogous to the multi-entropy, the holographic dual of these measures is given by the weighted area of the minimal brane-web but with branes having differing tensions. We discuss the replica symmetry assumption and also how the already known entanglement measures, such as entanglement negativity and reflected entropy fit in our framework.

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