Time evolution of entanglement entropy in quenched holographic superconductors

Xiaojian Bai, Bum Hoon Lee, Li Li, Jia Rui Sun, Hai Qing Zhang

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Abstract

We investigate the dynamical evolution of entanglement entropy in a holographic superconductor model by quenching the source term of the dual charged scalar operator. By access to the full background geometry, the holographic entanglement entropy is calculated for a strip geometry at the AdS boundary. It is found that the entanglement entropy exhibits a robust non-monotonic behaviour in time, independent of the strength of Gaussian quench and the size of the strip: it first displays a small dip, then grows linearly, and finally saturates. In particular, the linear growth velocity of the entanglement entropy has an upper bound for strip with large width; the equilibrium value of the non-local probe at late time shows a power law scaling behaviour with respect to the quench strength; moreover, the entanglement entropy can uncover the dynamical transition at certain critical quench strength which happens to coincide with the one obtained form the dynamical evolution of scalar order parameter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number66
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2015
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 14 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Seventh Framework Programme316165

    Keywords

    • AdS-CFT Correspondence
    • Black Holes
    • Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS/CMT)

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