Is renormalized entanglement entropy stationary at RG fixed points?

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Klebanov, Igor R ^a,b   Nishioka, Tatsuma ^b   Pufu, Silviu S ^c   Safdi, Benjamin R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field theories in lower dimensions; Renormalization group

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868152743     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)058     Document Type: Article

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