Lorentzian geometry for detecting qubit entanglement
Creators
- 1. Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, 560080 (India)
Description
We describe a new approach based on Lorentzian geometry to detect qubit entanglement. The treatment is based physically, on the causal structure of Minkowski spacetime, and mathematically, on a Lorentzian Singular Value Decomposition. A surprising feature is the natural emergence of "Energy conditions" used in Relativity. All states satisfy a "Dominant Energy Condition" (DEC) and separable states satisfy the Strong Energy Condition(SEC), while entangled states violate the SEC. We thus propose a test for two qubit entanglement which is an alternative to the positive partial transpose (PPT) test. This test is based on the partial Lorentz transformation (PLT) on individual qubits. Apart from testing for entanglement, our approach also enables us to construct a separable form for the density matrix in those cases where it exists. Our approach leads to a simple graphical three dimensional representation of the state space which shows the entangled states within the set of all states.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2018.07.019Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aop.2018.07.019;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1801.00611v1;
- PII
- S0003491618301908;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Annals of Physics (New York)
- Journal Volume
- 396
- Journal Page Range
- p. 159-172
- ISSN
- 0003-4916
- CODEN
- APNYA6
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 51009948
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DENSITY MATRIX; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUBITS; SPACE-TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATRICES; QUANTUM INFORMATION; SPACE; TRANSFORMATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
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