Spatial structure of multipartite entanglement at measurement induced phase transitions

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Authors: James Allen, William Witczak‐Krempa
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Abstract

We study multiparty entanglement near measurement induced phase transitions (MIPTs), which arise in ensembles of local quantum circuits built with unitaries and measurements. In contrast to equilibrium quantum critical transitions, where entanglement is short-ranged, MIPTs possess long-range k-party genuine multiparty entanglement (GME) characterized by an infinite hierarchy of entanglement exponents for k ≥ 2. First, we represent the average spread of entanglement with "entanglement clusters", and use them to conjecture general exponent relations: 1) classical dominance, 2) monotonicity, 3) subadditivity. We then introduce measure-weighted graphs to construct such clusters in general circuits. Second, we obtain the exact entanglement exponents for a 1d MIPT in a measurement-only circuit that maps to percolation by exploiting non-unitary conformal field theory. The exponents, which we numerically verify, obey the inequalities. We also extend the construction to a 2d MIPT that maps to classical 3d percolation, and numerically find the first entanglement exponents. Our results provide a firm ground to understand the multiparty entanglement of MIPTs, and more general ensembles of quantum circuits.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Publication details

Journal / source
Quantum
Publisher
Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
Volume
10
Pages
2211–2211
Publication date
18 September 2026
Language
EN