Local quantum quenches in critical one-dimensional systems: Entanglement, the Loschmidt echo, and light-cone effects

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Stéphan, Jean Marie ^a   Dubail, Jéôrme ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

conformal field theory; entanglement in extended quantum systems (theory); ladders and planes (theory); spin chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053531560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/08/P08019     Document Type: Article

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