Entropy of Factorized Snapshot Data for Two-Dimensional Classical Spin Models

TL;DR

This paper investigates the entropy of factorized snapshot data in 2D classical spin models, revealing scaling behaviors consistent with quantum entanglement entropy and supporting a holographic interpretation.

Contribution

It demonstrates that the factorized snapshot entropy in classical spin models scales similarly to quantum entanglement entropy, suggesting a holographic connection.

Findings

Snapshot entropy at Tc scales as (c/3)lnL, matching quantum critical systems.

Factorization reveals the entropy's relation to holographic entanglement entropy.

Anomalous scaling persists in coarse-grained snapshot entropy after factorization.

Abstract

We reexamine the snapshot entropy of the Ising and three-states Potts models on the LxL square lattice. Focusing on the factorization of the snapshot matrix, we find that the entropy at Tc scales asymptotically as S=(c/3)lnL consistent with the entanglement entropy in one-dimensional quantum critical systems. This nontrivial consistency strongly supports that the snapshot entropy after the factorization really represents the holographic entanglement entropy. On the other hand, the anomalous scaling for the coarse-grained snpshot entropy is retained even after the factorization. These fearures are considered to originate from the fact that the largest singular value of the snapshot matrix is regulated by the factorization.