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Holographic Entanglement Entropy

  • Presenting a broad review capturing the developments of the last few years
  • Connects different subjects of theoretical physics: string theory, condensed matter physics and quantum information theory from an innovative viewpoint
  • Provides a common ground for researchers and graduate students from string theory and holography, condensed matter and quantum information

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 931)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Introduction

    • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
    Pages 1-4
  3. Quantum Entanglement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Entanglement in QFT

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 7-26
    3. Entanglement Entropy in CFT2

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 27-32
  4. Holography and Entanglement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
    2. Holographic Entanglement Entropy

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 35-47
    3. Deriving Holographic Entanglement Proposals

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 49-64
    4. Properties of Holographic Entanglement Entropy

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 65-95
  5. Entanglement and Quantum Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. Quantum Quenches and Entanglement

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 99-123
    3. Entanglement in Excited States

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 125-143
    4. Holographic Many-Body Systems

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 145-154
    5. Entanglement and Renormalization

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 155-164
  6. Quantum Gravity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Prelude: Entanglement Builds Geometry

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 167-169
    3. Entanglement at Large Central Charge

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 171-183
    4. Geometry from Entanglement

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 185-220
    5. AdS/CFT and Tensor Networks

      • Mukund Rangamani, Tadashi Takayanagi
      Pages 221-234
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 235-246

About this book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of developments in the field of holographic entanglement entropy. Within the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence, it is shown how quantum entanglement is computed by the area of certain extremal surfaces. The general lessons one can learn from this connection are drawn out for quantum field theories, many-body physics, and quantum gravity. An overview of the necessary background material is provided together with a flavor of the exciting open questions that are currently being discussed.


The book is divided into four main parts. In the first part, the concept of entanglement, and methods for computing it, in quantum field theories is reviewed. In the second part, an overview of the AdS/CFT correspondence is given and the holographic entanglement entropy prescription is explained.  In the third part, the time-dependence of entanglement entropy in out-of-equilibrium systems, and applications to many body physics are 
explored using holographic methods. The last part focuses on the connection between entanglement and geometry. Known constraints on the holographic map, as well as, elaboration of entanglement being a fundamental building block of geometry are explained. 


The book is a useful resource for researchers and graduate students interested in string theory and holography, condensed matter and quantum information, as it tries to connect these different subjects linked by the common theme of quantum entanglement.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics, Davis, USA

    Mukund Rangamani

  • Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Tadashi Takayanagi

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eBook USD 49.99
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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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