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Vinay Malvimat

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arXiv2026

L-entropy: A new genuine multipartite entanglement measure

We advance ``Latent entropy" (L-entropy) as a novel measure to characterize genuine multipartite entanglement in pure states, applicable to quantum systems with both finite and infinite degrees of freedom. This measure, derived from an upper bound on reflected entropy, attains its maximum for three-party GHZ states and $n=4,5$-party $2$-uniform states. We establish that it satisfies all essential properties of a genuine multipartite entanglement measure, including being a pure-state entanglement monotone. We further obtain an analogue of the Page curve by analyzing the behavior of L-entropy in multiboundary wormholes, emphasizing their connection to multipartite entanglement in random states. Specifically, for $n = 5$, we show that random states approximate $2$-uniform states, exhibiting maximal multipartite entanglement. Extending these ideas to finite temperatures, we introduce the Multipartite Thermal Pure Quantum (MTPQ) state, a generalization of the thermal pure quantum state to multipartite systems, and demonstrate that the entanglement structure in states of the multicopy SYK model exhibits finite-temperature $2$-uniform behavior.

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arXiv2026

Multipartite Non-local Magic and SYK Model

We investigate the structure of quantum magic in interacting disordered fermionic systems, quantifying non-stabilizerness via the fermionic stabilizer R\'enyi entropy (SRE). To resolve the distribution of magic across different scales, we introduce a multipartite non-local magic functional, constructed from an inclusion-exclusion combination of subsystem contributions. This measure serves as a fine-grained diagnostic, isolating genuinely global contributions and revealing nontrivial interactions between local and collective supports of magic. We illustrate the measure on paradigmatic multipartite states and apply these diagnostics to the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model and its variants. Crucially, for thermal/typical ensembles, we observe a marked disparity between Thermal Pure Quantum (TPQ) states and the thermal density matrix. This reveals a concealed complexity: the immense computational hardness characterizing the unitary evolution is encoded in the specific microstructure of the black hole microstates, while being washed out in the coarse-grained thermodynamic description. Furthermore, in $\mathcal N=2$ supersymmetric SYK, we show that while fortuitous BPS states exhibit intermediate stabilizer complexity, the multipartite measure unveils a rich, sector-dependent pattern of global correlations, distinguishing them from generic chaotic states.

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arXiv2025

Probing the Hierarchy of Genuine Multipartite Entanglement with Generalized Latent Entropy

We introduce generalization of the recently proposed \textit{Latent Entropy} (L-entropy) \cite{Basak:2024uwc} as a refined measure of genuine multipartite entanglement (GME) in pure states of $n$-party quantum systems. Generalized L-entropy provides a natural ordering among $k$-uniform states, maximising for absolutely maximally entangled states (AME), effectively capturing the hierarchical structure of multipartite entanglement. We analyze the behavior of this measure for $n$-party Haar-random states and demonstrate that, in the large local-dimension limit, the maximal L-entropy saturates its upper bound for odd $n$, while for even $n$ it approaches the bound asymptotically. Furthermore, we apply this framework to examine multipartite entanglement properties of quantum states in several variants of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model, including SYK$_4$, SYK$_2$, mass-deformed SYK, sparse SYK, and $\mathcal{N}=2$ supersymmetric SYK model. The results demonstrate that the generalized L-entropy serves as a sensitive probe of multipartite entanglement, revealing how deformations influence quantum entanglement structure in such strongly interacting systems.

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arXiv2024

A New Genuine Multipartite Entanglement Measure: from Qubits to Multiboundary Wormholes

We introduce the \textit{Latent Entropy} (L-entropy) as a novel measure to characterize the genuine multipartite entanglement in quantum systems. Our measure leverages the upper bound of reflected entropy and its maximal values attained by 2-uniform states for $n$-party ($n= 4,5$) and GHZ state for 3-party quantum systems. We demonstrate that the measure is a non-negative, local unitary invariant function which vanishes for separable states. We then analyze its interesting characteristics in spin chain models and the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model. Subsequently, we explore its implications to holography by deriving a Page-like curve for the L-entropy in the CFT dual to a multi-boundary wormhole model. Furthermore, we examine the behavior of L-entropy in Haar random states, deriving analytical expressions and validating them against numerical results. In particular, we show that for $n =5$, random states approximate 2-uniform states with maximal multipartite entanglement. Furthermore, we propose a potential connection between random states and multi-boundary wormhole geometries. Extending to finite-temperature systems, we introduce the Multipartite Thermal Pure Quantum (MTPQ) state, a multipartite generalization of the thermal pure quantum state, and explore its entanglement properties. By incorporating state-dependent construction of the MTPQ state, we resolve the factorization issue in the random average of the MTPQ state, ensuring consistency with the correlation functions in the holographic dual multiboundary wormhole. Finally, we apply this construction to the multi-copy SYK model and examine its multipartite entanglement structure.

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arXiv2024

Krylov complexity of deformed conformal field theories

We consider a perturbative expansion of the Lanczos coefficients and the Krylov complexity for two-dimensional conformal field theories under integrable deformations. Specifically, we explore the consequences of $T{\bar{T}}$, $J{\bar{T}}$, and $J{\bar{J}}$ deformations, focusing on first-order corrections in the deformation parameter. Under $T\bar{T}$ deformation, we demonstrate that the Lanczos coefficients $b_n$ exhibit unexpected behavior, deviating from linear growth within the valid perturbative regime. Notably, the Krylov exponent characterizing the rate of exponential growth of complexity surpasses that of the undeformed theory for positive value of deformation parameter, suggesting a potential violation of the conjectured operator growth bound within the realm of perturbative analysis. One may attribute this to the existence of logarithmic branch points along with higher order poles in the autocorrelation function compared to the undeformed case. In contrast to this, both $J{\bar{J}}$ and $J{\bar{T}}$ deformations induce no first order correction to either the linear growth of Lanczos coefficients at large-$n$ or the Krylov exponent and hence the results for these two deformations align with those of the undeformed theory.

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arXiv2024

Krylov Complexity in $2d$ CFTs with SL$(2,\mathbb{R})$ deformed Hamiltonians

In this study, we analyze Krylov Complexity in two-dimensional conformal field theories subjected to deformed SL$(2,\mathbb{R})$ Hamiltonians. In the vacuum state, we find that the K-complexity exhibits a universal phase structure. The phase structure involves the K-complexity exhibiting an oscillatory behaviour in the non-heating phase, which contrasts with the exponential growth observed in the heating phase, while it displays polynomial growth at the phase boundary. Furthermore, we extend our analysis to compute the K-complexity of a light operator in excited states, considering both large-c CFT and free field theory. In the free field theory, we find a state-independent phase structure of K-complexity. However, in the large-c CFT, the behavior varies, with the K-Complexity once again displaying exponential growth in the heating phase and polynomial growth at the phase boundary. Notably, the precise exponent governing this growth depends on the heaviness of the state under examination. In the non-heating phase, we observe a transition in K-complexity behavior from oscillatory to exponential growth, akin to findings in [1], as it represents a special case within the non-heating phase.

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arXiv2023

Holographic Reflected Entropy and Islands in Interface CFTs

We investigate the reflected entropy for various mixed state configurations in the two dimensional holographic conformal field theories sharing a common interface (ICFTs). In the AdS$_3$/ICFT$_2$ framework, we compute the holographic reflected entropy for the required configurations in the vacuum state of the ICFT$_{\text{2}}$ which is given by twice the entanglement wedge cross section (EWCS) in a spacetime involving two AdS$_3$ geometries glued along a thin interface brane. Subsequently, we evaluate the EWCS in the bulk geometry involving eternal BTZ black strings with an AdS$_2$ interface brane, which is dual to an ICFT$_2$ in the thermofield double (TFD) state. We explore the system from a doubly holographic perspective and determine the island contributions to the reflected entropy in the two dimensional semi-classical description involving two CFT$_{\text{2}}$s coupled to an AdS$_2$ brane. We demonstrate that the results from the island formula match precisely with the bulk AdS$_3$ results in the large tension limit of the interface brane. We illustrate that the phase structure of the reflected entropy is quite rich involving many novel induced island phases and demonstrate that it obeys the expected Page curve for the reflected entropy in a radiation bath coupled to the AdS$_2$ black hole.

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arXiv2023

State Dependence of Krylov Complexity in $2d$ CFTs

We compute the Krylov Complexity of a light operator $\mathcal{O}_L$ in an eigenstate of a $2d$ CFT at large central charge $c$. The eigenstate corresponds to a primary operator $\mathcal{O}_H$ under the state-operator correspondence. We observe that the behaviour of K-complexity is different (either bounded or exponential) depending on whether the scaling dimension of $\mathcal{O}_H$ is below or above the critical dimension $h_H=c/24$, marked by the $1st$ order Hawking-Page phase transition point in the dual $AdS_3$ geometry. Based on this feature, we hypothesize that the notions of operator growth and K-complexity for primary operators in $2d$ CFTs are closely related to the underlying entanglement structure of the state in which they are computed, thereby demonstrating explicitly their state-dependent nature. To provide further evidence for our hypothesis, we perform an analogous computation of K-complexity in a model of free massless scalar field theory in $2d$, and in the integrable $2d$ Ising CFT, where there is no such transition in the spectrum of states.

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arXiv2023

Fast Scrambling of mutual information in Kerr-AdS$_{\textbf{5}}$

We compute the disruption of mutual information in a TFD state dual to a Kerr black hole with equal angular momenta in $AdS_5$ due to an equatorial shockwave. The shockwave respects the axi-symmetry of the Kerr geometry with specific angular momenta $\mathcal{L}_{ϕ_1}$ & $\mathcal{L}_{ϕ_2}$. The sub-systems considered are hemispheres in the $left$ and the $right$ dual CFTs with the equator of the $S^3$ as their boundary. We compute the change in the mutual information by determining the growth of the HRT surface at late times. We find that at late times leading upto the scrambling time the minimum value of the instantaneous Lyapunov index $λ_L^{(min)}$ is bounded by $κ=\frac{2πT_H}{(1-μ\,\mathcal{L}_+)}$ and is found to be greater than $2πT_H$ in certain regimes with $T_H$ and $μ$ denoting the black hole's temperature and the horizon angular velocity respectively while $\mathcal{L}_+=\mathcal{L}_{ϕ_1}+\mathcal{L}_{ϕ_2}$. We also find that for non-extremal geometries the null perturbation obeys $\mathcal{L}_+<μ^{-1}$ for it to reach the outer horizon from the $AdS$ boundary. The scrambling time at very late times is given by $κτ_*\approx\log \mathcal{S}$ where $\mathcal{S}$ is the Kerr entropy. We also find that the onset of scrambling is delayed due to a term proportional to $\log(1-μ\,\mathcal{L}_+)^{-1}$ which is not extensive and does not scale with the entropy of Kerr black hole.

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arXiv2022

Fast Scrambling of Mutual Information in Kerr-AdS$_4$

We compute the disruption of mutual information between the hemispherical subsystems on the left and right CFT$s$ of a Thermofield Double state described by a Kerr geometry in $AdS_4$ due to shockwaves along the equatorial plane. The shockwaves and the subsystems considered respect the axi-symmetry of the geometry. At late times the disruption of the mutual information is given by the lengthening of the HRT surface connecting the two subsystems, we compute the minimum value of the Lyapunov index-$λ_L^{(min)}$ at late times and find that it is bounded by $κ=\frac{2πT_H}{(1-μ\, \mathcal{L})}$ where $μ$ is the horizon velocity and $\mathcal{L}$ is the angular momentum per unit energy of the shockwave. At very late times we find the the scrambling time for such a system is governed by $κ$ with $κt_*=\log \mathcal{S}$ for large black holes with large entropy $\mathcal{S}$. We also find a term that increases the scrambling time by $\log(1-μ\,\mathcal{L})^{-1}$ but which does not scale with the entropy of the Kerr geometry.

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arXiv2022

Fast Scrambling due to Rotating Shockwaves in BTZ

We study the perturbation due to rotating shockwaves in BTZ geometries at late times and analyse the change in Mutual Information between the two subsystems belonging to the dual CFT$_L$ and CFT$_R$. We find that the scrambling of Mutual Information is in general governed by the Lyapunov index $λ_L$ which is bounded by $κ=\frac{2π}{β(1-μ\mathcal{L})}\geq \frac{2π}β$ where $μ=r_-/r_+$ and $\mathcal{L}$ is the angular momentum of the shockwave. For the special case of $\mathcal{L}$=$1$ we find the Mutual Information analytically and show that it is characterized by $λ_L=κ/2$ with the scrambling time for large black holes given as $t_*=\frac{β(1-μ)}π\log S$.

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arXiv2022

Reflected Entropy and Entanglement Negativity for Holographic Moving Mirrors

We investigate the time evolution of reflected entropy and entanglement negativity for mixed state configurations involving two adjacent and disjoint intervals in the radiation flux of moving mirrors by utilizing the $AdS/BCFT$ duality. These measures are computed for the required mixed state configurations by using the respective replica techniques in the large central charge limit of the $BCFT_{1+1}$. We demonstrate that the results obtained exactly agree with the corresponding holographic computations in the dual bulk $AdS_3$ geometry with an end of the world brane. In this context, the analogues of the Page curves for these measures are obtained for the required configurations in the radiation flux of kink and escaping mirrors which mimic the Hawking radiation from evaporating and eternal black holes respectively.

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arXiv2022

Page Curve for Entanglement Negativity through Geometric Evaporation

We compute the entanglement negativity for various pure and mixed state configurations in a bath coupled to an evaporating two dimensional non-extremal Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) black hole obtained through the partial dimensional reduction of a three dimensional BTZ black hole. Our results exactly reproduce the analogues of the Page curve for the entanglement negativity which were recently determined through diagrammatic technique developed in the context of random matrix theory.

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arXiv2021

An all order exact result for the anomalous dimension of the scalar primary in Chern Simons Vector Models

We present a conjecture for the leading $1/N$ anomalous dimension of the scalar primary operator in $U(N)_k$ Chern-Simons theories coupled to a single fundamental field, to all orders in the t'Hooft coupling $λ=\frac{N}{k}$. Following this we compute the anomalous dimension of the scalar in a Regular Bosonic theory perturbatively at two-loop order and demonstrate that matches exactly with the result predicted by our conjecture. We also show that our proposed expression for the anomalous dimension is consistent with all other existing two-loop perturbative results, which constrain its form at both weak and strong coupling thanks to the bosonization duality. Furthermore, our conjecture passes a novel non-trivial all loop test which provides a strong evidence for its consistency.

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arXiv2021

Constraining momentum space correlators using slightly broken higher spin symmetry

In this work, building up on [1] we present momentum space Ward identities related to broken higher spin symmetry as an alternate approach to computing correlators of spinning operators in interacting theories such as the quasi-fermionic and quasi-bosonic theories. The direct Feynman diagram approach to computing correlation functions is intricate and in general has been performed only in specific kinematic regimes. We use higher spin equations to obtain the parity even and parity odd contributions to two-, three- and four-point correlators involving spinning and scalar operators in a general kinematic regime, and match our results with existing results in the literature for cases where they are available. One of the interesting facts about higher spin equations is that one can use them away from the conformal fixed point. We illustrate this by considering mass deformed free boson theory and solving for two-point functions of spinning operators using higher spin equations.

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arXiv2021

Islands for Entanglement Negativity

We advance two alternative proposals for the island contributions to the entanglement negativity of various pure and mixed state configurations in quantum field theories coupled to semiclassical gravity. The first construction involves the extremization of an algebraic sum of the generalized Renyi entropies of order half. The second proposal involves the extremization of the sum of the effective entanglement negativity of quantum matter fields and the backreacted area of a cosmic brane spanning the entanglement wedge cross section which also extremizes the generalized Renyi reflected entropy of order half. These proposals are utilized to obtain the island contributions to the entanglement negativity of various pure and mixed state configurations involving the bath systems coupled to extremal and non-extremal black holes in JT gravity demonstrating an exact match with each other. Furthermore, the results from both the proposals match precisely with the island contribution to half the Renyi reflected entropy of order half providing a strong consistency check. We then allude to a possible doubly holographic picture of our island proposals and provide a derivation of the first proposal by determining the corresponding replica wormhole contributions.

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arXiv2020

Momentum space spinning correlators and higher spin equations in three dimensions

In this article, we explicitly compute in momentum space the three and four-point correlation functions involving scalar and spinning operators in the free bosonic and the free fermionic theory in three dimensions. We also evaluate the five-point function of the scalar operator in the free bosonic theory. We discuss techniques which are more efficient than the usual PV reduction to evaluate one loop integrals. Our techniques can be easily generalised to momentum space correlators of complicated spinning operators and to higher point functions. The three dimensional fermionic theory has the interesting feature that the scalar operator $\barψψ$ is odd under parity. To account for this, we develop a parity odd basis which is useful to write correlation functions involving spinning operators and an odd number of $\barψψ$ operators. We further study higher spin (HS) equations in momentum space which are algebraic in nature and hence simpler than their position space counterparts. We use them to solve for three-point functions involving spinning operators without invoking conformal invariance. However, at the level of four-point functions, solving the HS equation requires additional constraints that come from conformal invariance and we could only verify that our explicit results solve the HS equation.

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arXiv2020

On minimal entanglement wedge cross section for holographic entanglement negativity

We demonstrate the equivalence of two different conjectures in the literature for the holographic entanglement negativity in AdS$_3$/CFT$_2$, modulo certain constants. These proposals involve certain algebraic sums of bulk geodesics homologous to specific combinations of subsystems, and the entanglement wedge cross section (EWCS) backreacted by a cosmic brane for the conical defect geometry in the bulk gravitational path integral. It is observed that the former conjectures reproduce the field theory replica technique results in the large central charge limit whereas the latter involves constants related to the Markov gap. In this context we establish an alternative construction for the EWCS of a single interval in a CFT$_2$ at a finite temperature to resolve an issue for the latter proposal involving the thermal entropy elimination for the holographic entanglement negativity. Our construction for the EWCS correctly reproduces the corresponding field theory results modulo the Markov gap constant in the large central charge limit.

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