Published October 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

A stronger entanglement monogamy inequality in a 2x2x3 system

  • 1. School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001 (China)

Description

In this paper, we prove a stronger entanglement monogamy inequality in a 2x2x3 system's pure state |Ψ)ABC. Specifically, we show that the linear entropy of ρA, which is the entanglement between A and BC, is always larger than the sum of the square of concurrence between A and B and the square of concurrence of assistance between A and C. Our proof is based on direct generalizations of the qubit system's results. Our inequality is stronger than the known monogamy inequality of concurrence and shows that the entanglement of assistance always comes from the existing entanglement. However, our inequality also shows that unlike the three-qubit case, in higher dimensional systems the entanglement between A and BC cannot be completely transformed into bipartite entanglement with assistance. Through our proof, we also give some cases when the inequality reduces to an equality.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/39/395301

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/43/39/395301;
PII
S1751-8113(10)47350-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
39
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42036917
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES