Mixed state entanglement measures for open string geometry

Abstract

In the gauge/gravity framework flavor degrees of freedom are introduced to the gauge theory side through the insertion of probe flavor $D$ branes in the supergravity background. Scalar, vector or spinor fluctuations on theses flavor branes perceive neither the background supergravity metric nor the worldvolume-induced metric of the flavor branes. Indeed, they follow an effective metric called the open string metric (OSM). Through a proper choice of worldvolume gauge fields, one can induce a horizon structure in these OSMs. Studying holographic information-theoretic quantities in these kinds of geometries is equivalent to studying information-theoretic quantities in the flavor sector on the gauge theory side. In this article, we have studied various information-theoretic measures like mutual information, entanglement wedge cross-section and entanglement negativity for an open string geometry. All the calculations are done by considering strip-like parallel boundary subsystems for three- and four-dimensional OSMs. We have also measured the change in these mixed-state information-theoretic quantities from the relevant quantities in the pure AdS geometry due to the application of a background electric field.