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Measurement-induced entanglement phases in hyperbolic gauge-Higgs models

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Gauge-Higgs theory in flat spacetime provides a prime theoretical model of multiple phases of matter with distinct entanglement structures. More recently, there has been interest in hyperbolic space and the influence its extensive boundaries have on these structures. Entanglement transitions between non-equilibrium phases, such as topological phases, can be realized by the competition of non-commutating measurements. Here we study the entanglement phases of gauge-Higgs models on hyperbolic lattices described by measurement-only dynamics. We chart 2D phase diagrams by employing topological entanglement entropy and introducing a generalized measurement-induced entanglement tailored for hyperbolic Higgs phases. Utilizing duality, we find a phase absent in Euclidean space, wherein the bulk lattice hosts separated clusters of symmetry-protected topological order. Transitions between this "archipelago" phase and neighboring topological and trivial phases feature a critical exponent $δ$ belonging to a mean-field universality class. Our essential tool is a 3D resource state inspired by measurement-based quantum computation that simulates the spacetime evolution of the 2D quantum state with a third direction of entanglement. This allows us to analyze spacetime "sponges" of entanglement, which map to classical percolation theory and allow us to infer values of critical points on our phase diagrams' boundaries.

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Cole Kelson-Packer, Hiroki Sukeno, Akimasa Miyake. 2026-10-27. Measurement-induced entanglement phases in hyperbolic gauge-Higgs models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36528

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