Entanglement entropy of U(1) quantum spin liquids

We here investigate the entanglement structure of the ground state of a (3+1)-dimensional U(1) quantum spin liquid, which is described by the deconfined phase of a compact U(1) gauge theory. A gapless photon is the only low-energy excitation, with matter existing as deconfined but gapped excitations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pretko, Michael, Senthil, Todadri
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104897
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5013-0186