The Minimum Hartree Value for the Quantum Entanglement Problem

preprint2012arXivOpen access

Abstract

A general nn-partite state ∣Ψ>| Ψ> of a composite quantum system can be regarded as an element in a Hilbert tensor product space $\HH = \otimes_{k=1}^n \HH_k$, where the dimension of $\HH_k$ is dkd_k for k=1,...,nk = 1,..., n. Without loss of generality we may assume that d1≤...≤dnd_1 \le...\le d_n. A separable (Hartree) nn-partite state ∣ϕ>| ϕ> can be described by ∣ϕ>=⊗k=1n∣ϕ(k)>| ϕ> = \otimes_{k=1}^n | ϕ^{(k)}> with $| ϕ^{(k)}> \in \HH_k$. We show that $σ:= \min \{< Ψ| ϕ_Ψ> : | Ψ> \in \HH,.$ .<Ψ∣Ψ>=1}. < Ψ| Ψ> = 1\} is a positive number, where ∣ϕΨ>| ϕ_Ψ> is the nearest separable state to ∣Ψ>| Ψ>. We call σσ the minimum Hartree value of $\HH$. We further show that σ≥1/d1...dn−1σ\ge 1/{\sqrt{d_1... d_{n-1}}}. Thus, the geometric measure of the entanglement content of ΨΨ, ∥∣Ψ>−∣ϕΨ>∥≤2−2σ≤2−2(1/d1...dn−1)\| | Ψ> - | ϕ_Ψ> \| \le \sqrt{2-2σ} \le \sqrt{2-2(1/{\sqrt{d_1...d_{n-1}}})}.

Explore this paper’s authors, topics and related work.

Building this map preview

BZPEER is loading the nearby papers, people, topics and institutions for this page.

Reviews 0

Write a reviewWrite

No reviews yet.

Discussion 0

Add a commentWrite

No comments yet.