Conformal Field Theory Descriptions of String Initial Conditions and Quantum Entanglement Entropy

Quantum theories are filled with predictions which defy any classical analog. Perhaps the phenomenon which is most bizarre from a classical perspective is entanglement. This effect is the driving force behind the growing interest in quantum information. From entanglement, one is naturally led to the concept of entanglement entropy as a measure of the maximal amount of information which can be stored in a system. We shall begin the second part of this thesis by reviewing the role of entanglement entropy in quantum mechanics and in 1+1 dimensional quantum field theories. We shall then discuss entanglement entropy for Chem-Simons gauge theories, which is of direct interest in theoretical constructions of topological quantum computers.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Nowling, Sean Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Katz, Sheldon

• Physics, Theory

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3301204

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80564