Universal entanglement for higher dimensional cones

TL;DR

This paper establishes a universal relation between the coefficients characterizing entanglement entropy near conical singularities and the stress tensor two-point function charge in conformal field theories across various dimensions, especially in holographic models.

Contribution

It proves the universal relation between the entanglement coefficient and $C_T$ for holographic theories and extends this to general dimensions, proposing a conjecture for all CFTs.

Findings

Proves the relation for three-dimensional holographic theories.

Extends the relation to arbitrary dimensions.

Proposes a universal ratio $\sigma^{(d)}/C_T$ for CFTs.

Abstract

The entanglement entropy of a generic $d$-dimensional conformal field theory receives a regulator independent contribution when the entangling region contains a (hyper)conical singularity of opening angle $\Omega$, codified in a function $a^{(d)}(\Omega)$. In arXiv:1505.04804, we proposed that for three-dimensional conformal field theories, the coefficient $\sigma$ characterizing the smooth surface limit of such contribution ($\Omega\rightarrow \pi$) equals the stress tensor two-point function charge $C_{ T}$, up to a universal constant. In this paper, we prove this relation for general three-dimensional holographic theories, and extend the result to general dimensions. In particular, we show that a generalized coefficient $\sigma^{ (d)}$ can be defined for (hyper)conical entangling regions in the almost smooth surface limit, and that this coefficient is universally related to $C_{ T}$ for general holographic theories, providing a general formula for the ratio $\sigma^{ (d)}/C_{ T}$ in arbitrary dimensions. We conjecture that the latter ratio is universal for general CFTs. Further, based on our recent results in arXiv:1507.06997, we propose an extension of this relation to general R\'enyi entropies, which we show passes several consistency checks in $d=4$ and $d=6$.