Computing Entanglement Entropy of CFTs in the Large-c Limit

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The discussion focuses on computing the entanglement entropy of two conformal field theories (CFTs) in a thermofield double state on finite intervals in 1+1 dimensions. It highlights that the Euclidean path integral corresponds to calculating the 2-point twist correlator on a torus. The main inquiry is for references that address this computation in the limit of infinite central charge without relying on holography or the Ryu-Takayanagi formula. The author expresses interest in whether a CFT calculation is feasible in this limit, given that existing methods by Cardy et al. may not apply. The thread seeks to clarify the potential for alternative verification of results in this context.
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Consider the problem of computing the entanglement entropy of two CFTs in the thermofield double state on identical finite intervals in 1+1 dimensions. The Euclidean path integral is then equivalent to computing the 2-point twist correlator on a torus. Given a central charge ##c##, does anyone know of a reference that computes this in the ##c\rightarrow \infty## limit without using holography i.e. without going to the thermal AdS saddle point (I think?) and using Ryu-Takayanagi?
 
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What's the paper that calculates it using Ryu-Takayanagi? I guess they don't check the result by another means?
 
I didn't have one in mind; I'm working on the holographic calculation but wanted to see if the CFT calculation was doable in the infinite central charge limit for a finite interval on a torus since the methods of Cardy et al (http://arxiv.org/pdf/0905.4013v2.pdf) to compute the 2-point twist correlations no longer apply to a torus as far as I can tell.
 
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Time reversal invariant Hamiltonians must satisfy ##[H,\Theta]=0## where ##\Theta## is time reversal operator. However, in some texts (for example see Many-body Quantum Theory in Condensed Matter Physics an introduction, HENRIK BRUUS and KARSTEN FLENSBERG, Corrected version: 14 January 2016, section 7.1.4) the time reversal invariant condition is introduced as ##H=H^*##. How these two conditions are identical?

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