Entanglement and alpha entropies for a massive scalar field in two dimensions

TLDR: In this article, the authors present exact results on universal quantities derived from the local density matrix ρ, for a free massive Dirac field in two dimensions, which can be written exactly in terms of the solutions of non-linear differential equations of the Painleve V type.

Abstract: We present some exact results on universal quantities derived from the local density matrix ρ, for a free massive Dirac field in two dimensions. We first find trρn in a novel fashion, which involves the correlators of suitable operators in the sine–Gordon model. These, in turn, can be written exactly in terms of the solutions of non-linear differential equations of the Painleve V type. Equipped with the previous results, we find the leading terms for the entanglement entropy, both for short and long distances, and showing that in the intermediate regime it can be expanded in a series of multiple integrals. The previous results have been checked by direct numerical calculations on the lattice, finding perfect agreement. Finally, we comment on a possible generalization of the entanglement entropy c-theorem to the alpha-entropies.