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Entanglement entropy of α-vacua in de Sitter space

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We consider the entanglement entropy of a free massive scalar field in the one parameter family of α-vacua in de Sitter space by using a method developed by Maldacena and Pimentel. An α-vacuum can be thought of as a state filled with particles from the point of view of the Bunch-Davies vacuum. Of all the α-vacua we find that the entanglement entropy takes the minimal value in the Bunch-Davies solution. We also calculate the asymptotic value of the Rényi entropy and find that it increases as α increases. We argue these features stem from pair condensation within the non-trivial α-vacua where the pairs have an intrinsic quantum correlation.

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    Sugumi Kanno, Jeff Murugan & Jonathan P. Shock

  2. Department of Physics, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Jiro Soda

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Kanno, S., Murugan, J., Shock, J.P. et al. Entanglement entropy of α-vacua in de Sitter space. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 72 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2014)072

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Keywords

  • Classical Theories of Gravity
  • Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM
  • Field Theories in Higher Dimensions