Published February 22, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Can quantum correlations be completely quantum?

  • 1. Institute of Computer Science, University of Gdansk, Gdansk (Poland)
  • 2. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Gdansk, Gdansk (Poland)

Description

Deficit of information zero-way was proposed in Horodecki (2005 Phys. Rev. A 71 062307) as one of the possible measures of quantumness of correlations. Numerical calculations suggested that there exist such states for which this quantity is almost equal to mutual information. In this paper, we present a family of states for which we have equality between the above measure of quantumness of correlations and the measure of total correlations-mutual information. This means that whole correlations in these states have, in some sense, quantum character and that quantum correlations do not necessarily imply classical correlations. We prove this intriguing feature for a subclass of 2 x 2 separable states. We also present numerical results suggesting that this interesting situation might also happen for 2 x 2 entangled states

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/41/7/075308

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/41/7/075308;
PII
S1751-8113(08)54610-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
41
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
[13 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39105246
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; INFORMATION THEORY; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS
Descriptors DEC
MECHANICS