
arXiv: 2209.14303
The pillars of quantum theory include entanglement and operators' failure to commute. The Page curve quantifies the bipartite entanglement of a many-body system in a random pure state. This entanglement is known to decrease if one constrains extensive observables that commute with each other (Abelian ``charges''). Non-Abelian charges, which fail to commute with each other, are of current interest in quantum thermodynamics. For example, noncommuting charges were shown to reduce entropy-production rates and may enhance finite-size deviations from eigenstate thermalization. Bridging quantum thermodynamics to many-body physics, we quantify the effects of charges' noncommutation -- of a symmetry's non-Abelian nature -- on Page curves. First, we construct two models that are closely analogous but differ in whether their charges commute. We show analytically and numerically that the noncommuting-charge case has more entanglement. Hence charges' noncommutation can promote entanglement.
4.5 pages (2 figures) + appendices (12 pages)
High Energy Physics - Theory, Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory, Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons, Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech), Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el), High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas), FOS: Physical sciences, Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases, Quantum Physics (quant-ph), Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics
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