Typical entanglement entropy with charge conservation

We consider a many-body Hilbert space with a fixed global charge and show that the typical entanglement entropy of a subsystem, at the leading and subleading order in the thermodynamic limit, can be expressed in terms of a single quantity which represents the local thermal entropy at fixed charge density. We find a general formula which applies both to abelian U(1) U ( 1 ) symmetry and non-abelian SU(2) S U ( 2 ) symmetry, including the case of a local Hilbert space which transforms under a general reducible representation of the symmetry group. We illustrate the general formula with model systems and discuss the relevance of the results as a probe of quantum chaos for physical Hamiltonians.

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SciPost Physics
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2026-10-29
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https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.21.4.107
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Quantum many-body systems
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Typical entanglement entropy with charge conservation

Pietro Donà, Eugenio Bianchi A, Erick Muiño
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Typical entanglement entropy with charge conservation

Pietro Donà, Eugenio Bianchi A, Erick Muiño
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Abstract

We consider a many-body Hilbert space with a fixed global charge and show that the typical entanglement entropy of a subsystem, at the leading and subleading order in the thermodynamic limit, can be expressed in terms of a single quantity which represents the local thermal entropy at fixed charge density. We find a general formula which applies both to abelian U(1) U ( 1 ) symmetry and non-abelian SU(2) S U ( 2 ) symmetry, including the case of a local Hilbert space which transforms under a general reducible representation of the symmetry group. We illustrate the general formula with model systems and discuss the relevance of the results as a probe of quantum chaos for physical Hamiltonians.

SciPost PhysicsVol. 21(4)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Pennsylvania State University (US), Université de Toulon (FR), Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
National Science Foundation, John Templeton Foundation
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Quantum many-body systems
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