Quantum information entropy for one-dimensional system undergoing quantum phase transition

Xu Dong Song, Shi Hai Dong, Yu Zhang

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Abstract

Calculations of the quantum information entropy have been extended to a non-analytically solvable situation. Specifically, we have investigated the information entropy for a one-dimensional system with a schematic "Landau" potential in a numerical way. Particularly, it is found that the phase transitional behavior of the system can be well expressed by the evolution of quantum information entropy. The calculated results also indicate that the position entropy Sx and the momentum entropy Sp at the critical point of phase transition may vary with the mass parameter M but their sum remains as a constant independent of M for a given excited state. In addition, the entropy uncertainty relation is proven to be robust during the whole process of the phase transition.

Original languageEnglish
Article number050302
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2016

Keywords

  • entropy uncertainty relation
  • quantum information entropy
  • quantum phase transition

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