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arxiv 1903.00109 v3 pith:7KMQ4N2O submitted 2019-02-28 hep-th

Relative entropy for coherent states from Araki formula

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We make a rigorous computation of the relative entropy between the vacuum state and a coherent state for a free scalar in the framework of AQFT. We study the case of the Rindler Wedge. Previous calculations including path integral methods and computations from the lattice, give a result for such relative entropy which involves integrals of expectation values of the energy-momentum stress tensor along the considered region. However, the stress tensor is in general non unique. That means that if we start with some stress tensor, then we can "improve" it adding a conserved term without modifying the Poincar\'e charges. On the other hand, the presence of such improving term affects the naive expectation for the relative entropy by a non vanishing boundary contribution along the entangling surface. In other words, this means that there is an ambiguity in the usual formula for the relative entropy coming from the non uniqueness of the stress tensor. The main motivation of this work is to solve this puzzle. We first show that all choices of stress tensor except the canonical one are not allowed by positivity and monotonicity of the relative entropy. Then we fully compute the relative entropy between the vacuum and a coherent state in the framework of AQFT using the Araki formula and the techniques of Modular theory. After all, both results coincides and give the usual expression for the relative entropy calculated with the canonical stress tensor.

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