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Hence we have<br />

Short- and large-distance <strong>entanglement</strong> <strong>entropy</strong> revisited<br />

Z n = D n ε 2d n<br />

〈T (0) ˜T (r)〉 L<br />

(n) ,<br />

S A = − lim<br />

n→1<br />

d<br />

dn Z n<br />

where D n is a normalisation constant, and d n is the scaling dimension <strong>of</strong> T [Calabrese,<br />

Cardy 2004]:<br />

d n = c<br />

12<br />

(<br />

n − 1 )<br />

n<br />

• Short distance: 0 ≪ L ≪ ξ, logarithmic behavior<br />

〈T (0) ˜T (r)〉 L (n) ∼ r −2d n<br />

⇒ S A ∼ c 3 log ( r<br />

ε<br />

)<br />

• Large distance: 0 ≪ ξ ≪ L, saturation<br />

〈T (0) ˜T (r)〉 L (n) ∼ 〈T 〉 2 L (n) ⇒ S A ∼ − c 3 log(m 1ε) + U

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