Published December 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Factorization and entanglement in general XYZ spin arrays in nonuniform transverse fields

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica-IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CC 67, La Plata 1900 (Argentina)

Description

We determine the conditions for the existence of a pair of degenerate parity breaking separable eigenstates in general arrays of arbitrary spins connected through XYZ couplings of arbitrary range and placed in a transverse field, not necessarily uniform. Sufficient conditions under which they are ground states are also provided. It is then shown that in finite chains, the associated definite parity states, which represent the actual ground state in the immediate vicinity of separability, can exhibit entanglement between any two spins regardless of the coupling range or separation, with the reduced state of any two subsystems equivalent to that of pair of qubits in an entangled mixed state. The corresponding concurrences and negativities are exactly determined. The same properties persist in the mixture of both definite parity states. These effects become specially relevant in systems close to the XXZ limit. The possibility of field induced alternating separable solutions with controllable entanglement side limits is also discussed. Illustrative numerical results for the negativity between the first and the jth spin in an open spin s chain for different values of s and j are as well provided.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 062325-062325.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41086461
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENSTATES; EIGENVALUES; FACTORIZATION; GROUND STATES; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MIXED STATE; PARITY; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUBITS; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COMPUTERS; ENERGY LEVELS; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM INFORMATION

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