Published May 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Negativity of random pure states

  • 1. QOLS, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, SW7 2BW (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institute for Mathematical Sciences, 53 Prince's Gate, Imperial College, London, SW7 2PG (United Kingdom)

Description

This paper deals with the entanglement, as quantified by the negativity, of pure quantum states chosen at random from the invariant Haar measure. We show that it is a constant (0.72037) multiple of the maximum possible entanglement. In line with the results based on the concentration of measure, we find evidence that the convergence to the final value is exponentially fast. We compare the analytically calculated mean and standard deviation with those calculated numerically for pure states generated via pseudorandom unitary matrices proposed by Emerson et al. [Science 302, 2098 (2003)]. Finally, we draw some conclusions about the geometry of quantum states based on our result.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052312-052312.7
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42001950
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONVERGENCE; GEOMETRY; MATRICES; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; RANDOMNESS
Descriptors DEC
EVALUATION; MATHEMATICS

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