Published January 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Entanglement of indistinguishable particles

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
  • 2. Research Center for Quantum Computing, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502 (Japan)
  • 3. Theory Center, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801 (Japan)

Description

We present a general criterion for entanglement of N indistinguishable particles decomposed into arbitrary s subsystems based on the unambiguous measurability of correlation. Our argument provides a unified viewpoint on the entanglement of indistinguishable particles, which is still unsettled despite various proposals made mainly for the s=2 case. Even though entanglement is defined only with reference to the measurement setup, we find that the so-called independently and identically distributed states form a special class of bosonic states which are universally separable.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012113-012113.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43008872
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; MEASURE THEORY; PARTICLES; PROPOSALS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS

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