Universal logarithmic corrections to entanglement entropies in two dimensions with spontaneously broken continuous symmetries

Abstract

We explore the Rényi entanglement entropies of a one-dimensional (line) subsystem of length $L$ embedded in two-dimensional $L\times L$ square lattice for quantum spin models whose ground-state breaks a continuous symmetry in the thermodynamic limit. Using quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we first study the $J_1-J_2$ Heisenberg model with antiferromagnetic nearest-neighbor $J_1>0$ and ferromagnetic second-neighbor couplings $J_2\le 0$. The signature of SU(2) symmetry breaking on finite size systems, ranging from $L=4$ up to $L=40$ clearly appears as a universal additive logarithmic correction to the Rényi entanglement entropies: $l_q\ln L$ with $l_q\simeq 1$, independent of the Rényi index and values of $J_2$. We confirm this result using a high precision spin-wave analysis (with restored spin rotational symmetry) on finite lattices up to $10^5\times 10^5$ sites, allowing to explore further non-universal finite size corrections and study in addition the case of U(1) symmetry breaking. Our results fully agree with the prediction $l_q=n_G/2$ where $n_G$ is the number of Goldstone modes, by Metlitski and Grover [arXiv:1112.5166].

6 pages, 6 figures

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