arXiv · 2605.15201
Mixed-State Long-Range Entanglement from Dimensional Constraints
Abstract
We present a new mechanism for long-range entanglement (LRE) in strongly symmetric many-body mixed states that does not rely on symmetry anomalies or long-range correlations. Our primary example is the maximally mixed state in the translation-invariant subspace on a one-dimensional ring. This state is LRE because translationally symmetric short-range entangled states span a subspace whose dimension grows only polynomially with system size, whereas the full translation-invariant subspace grows exponentially. We further discuss certain unconventional properties of this state, including logarithmically growing conditional mutual information, strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry-breaking, and R\'enyi-index-dependent operator-space entanglement. We also construct a geometrically non-local Lindbladian to stabilize this state as the steady state. Our results identify dimensional mismatch as a novel route to LRE that is intrinsic to many-body mixed states.
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Leonardo A. Lessa, Tsung-Cheng Lu. 2026-05-14. Mixed-State Long-Range Entanglement from Dimensional Constraints. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15201
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