Entanglement entropy and deconfined criticality: emergent SO(5) symmetry and proper lattice bipartition

Abstract

We study the Rényi entanglement entropy (EE) of the two-dimensional $J$-$Q$ model, the emblematic quantum spin model of deconfined criticality at the phase transition between antiferromagnetic and valence-bond-solid ground states. State-of-the-art quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the EE reveal critical corner contributions that scale logarithmically with the system size, with a coefficient in remarkable agreement with the form expected from a large-$N$ conformal field theory with SO($N=5$) symmetry. However, details of the bipartition of the lattice are crucial in order to observe this behavior. If the subsystem for the reduced density matrix does not properly accommodate valence-bond fluctuations, logarithmic contributions appear even for corner-less bipartitions. We here use a $45^{\circ }$ tilted cut on the square lattice. Beyond supporting an SO($5$) deconfined quantum critical point, our results for both the regular and tilted cuts demonstrate important microscopic aspects of the EE that are not captured by conformal field theory.

4.5 pages, 3 figures + supplemental material. Added corner subtraction to supplement

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