Entanglement and correlation functions following a local quench: A conformal field theory approach

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Calabrese, Pasquale ^a   Cardy, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal field theory (theory); Correlation functions; Entanglement in extended quantum systems (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948964483     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2007/10/P10004     Document Type: Article

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