Universality of entanglement in gluon dynamics, by Claudia Nuñez Garrido, Alba Cervera-Lierta, José Ignacio Latorre
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SciPost Physics Home Authoring Refereeing Submit a manuscript About Universality of entanglement in gluon dynamics Claudia Nuñez Garrido, Alba Cervera-Lierta, José Ignacio Latorre SciPost Phys. 20, 063 (2026) · published 27 February 2026 doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.2.063 pdf BiBTeX RIS Submissions/Reports Abstract Entanglement of fundamental degrees of freedom in particle physics is generated ab initio in scattering processes. We find that in the case of a pure $SU(N)$ gauge theory, two gluons in a product state can become maximally entangled in their polarizations as the result of three- and four-gluon vertex interactions. Remarkably, the amount of entanglement among gluon polarizations is independent of the color degree of freedom. We also find that a small deviation of the relative weight between three- and four-gluon vertices would prevent the generation of maximal entanglement. This can be seen as a small piece of a possible it from qubit principle underlying fundamental interactions. × TY - JOURPB - SciPost FoundationDO - 10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.2.063TI - Universality of entanglement in gluon dynamicsPY - 2026/02/27UR - https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.2.063JF - SciPost PhysicsJA - SciPost Phys.VL - 20IS - 2SP - 063A1 - Nuñez Garrido, ClaudiaAU - Cervera-Lierta, AlbaAU - Latorre, José IgnacioAB - Entanglement of fundamental degrees of freedom in particle physics is generated ab initio in scattering processes. We find that in the case of a pure $SU(N)$ gauge theory, two gluons in a product state can become maximally entangled in their polarizations as the result of three- and four-gluon vertex interactions. Remarkably, the amount of entanglement among gluon polarizations is independent of the color degree of freedom. We also find that a small deviation of the relative weight between three- and four-gluon vertices would prevent the generation of maximal entanglement. This can be seen as a small piece of a possible it from qubit principle underlying fundamental interactions.ER - × @Article{10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.2.063, title={{Universality of entanglement in gluon dynamics}}, author={Claudia Nuñez Garrido and Alba Cervera-Lierta and José Ignacio Latorre}, journal={SciPost Phys.}, volume={20}, pages={063}, year={2026}, publisher={SciPost}, doi={10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.2.063}, url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.20.2.063},} Ontology / Topics See full Ontology or Topics database. Entanglement Gauge symmetry Gluons Quantum information Scattering amplitudes Yang Mills Theory Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations See all Organizations. 1 Claudia Nuñez Garrido, 2 Alba Cervera-Lierta, 3 José Ignacio Latorre 1 Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya / Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya [ICGC] 2 Centre Nacional de Supercomputació / Barcelona Supercomputing Center [BSC] 3 National University of Singapore [NUS] Funders for the research work leading to this publication Agencia Estatal de Investigación European Social Fund