Finite-Temperature Critical Behavior of Mutual Information

We study mutual information for Renyi entropy of arbitrary index n, in interacting quantum systems at finite-temperature critical points, using high-temperature expansion, quantum Monte Carlo simulations and scaling theory. We find that, for n > 1, the critical behavior is manifest at two temperatures T(c) and nT(c). For the XXZ model with Ising anisotropy, the coefficient of the area law has a t lnt singularity, whereas the subleading correction from corners has a logarithmic divergence, with a coefficient related to the exact results of Cardy and Peschel. For T < nT(c) there is a constant term associated with broken symmetries that jumps at both T(c) and nT(c), which can be understood in terms of a scaling function analogous to the boundary entropy of Affleck and Ludwig.