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Published on: September 5, 2019
Entanglement Property of Tripartite GHZ State in Different Accelerating Observer Frames
Qian Dong1, Roberto de Jesus León-Montiel2, Guo-Hua Sun1
1Centro de Investigación en Computación, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, UPALM, Mexico City 07738, Mexico.
Entanglement in quantum states degrades with increasing acceleration in uniformly accelerating reference frames. More particles in an entangled system enhance stability, as shown by negativity and von Neumann entropy analysis.
Area of Science:
- Quantum Information Theory
- Quantum Entanglement
- Relativistic Quantum Information
Background:
- Uniformly accelerating reference frames in quantum field theory present unique challenges for understanding quantum phenomena.
- Minkowski states and their properties in non-inertial frames are crucial for relativistic quantum information.
- Entanglement, a key quantum resource, is susceptible to environmental influences, including acceleration.
Purpose of the Study:
- To derive analytical expressions for Minkowski states in uniformly accelerating reference frames.
- To investigate the entanglement properties of Bell and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states in these frames.
- To quantify the impact of acceleration on quantum entanglement using negativity and von Neumann entropy.
Main Methods:
- Application of the single-mode approximation to two distinct modes.
- Analytical derivation of Minkowski states for ground and first excited states.
- Calculation of entanglement measures, including negativity and von Neumann entropy.
Main Results:
- Analytical expressions for Minkowski states in accelerating frames were obtained.
- Entanglement degree of Bell and GHZ states decreases as acceleration parameters increase.
- System stability, measured by von Neumann entropy, increases with the number of particles in the entangled system.
Conclusions:
- Quantum entanglement is sensitive to acceleration, with its degree diminishing under increasing acceleration.
- Multi-particle entangled systems exhibit enhanced stability in accelerating frames.
- The study provides insights into the behavior of quantum entanglement in non-inertial reference frames, reducing to known results in the limit of zero acceleration.
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