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arxiv 2211.16045 v2 pith:DSOGGBLU submitted 2022-11-29 hep-th quant-ph

Fun with replicas: tripartitions in tensor networks and gravity

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We introduce a new correlation measure for tripartite pure states that we call $G(A:B:C)$. The quantity is symmetric with respect to the subsystems $A$, $B$, $C$, invariant under local unitaries, and is bounded from above by $\log d_A d_B$. For random tensor network states, we prove that $G(A:B:C)$ is equal to the size of the minimal tripartition of the tensor network, i.e., the logarithmic bond dimension of the smallest cut that partitions the network into three components with $A$, $B$, and $C$. We argue that for holographic states with a fixed spatial geometry, $G(A:B:C)$ is similarly computed by the minimal area tripartition. For general holographic states, $G(A:B:C)$ is determined by the minimal area tripartition in a backreacted geometry, but a smoothed version is equal to the minimal tripartition in an unbackreacted geometry at leading order. We briefly discuss a natural family of quantities $G_n(A:B:C)$ for integer $n \geq 2$ that generalize $G=G_2$. In holography, the computation of $G_n(A:B:C)$ for $n>2$ spontaneously breaks part of a $\mathbb{Z}_n \times \mathbb{Z}_n$ replica symmetry. This prevents any naive application of the Lewkowycz-Maldacena trick in a hypothetical analytic continuation to $n=1$.

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