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Description of Quantum Entanglement with Nilpotent Polynomials

A. Mandilara, V. M. Akulin, A. V. Smilga, L. Viola

abstract: We propose a general method for introducing extensive characteristics of quantum entanglement. The method relies on polynomials of nilpotent raising operators that create entangled states acting on a reference vacuum state. By introducing the notion of tanglemeter, the logarithm of the state vector represented in a special canonical form and expressed via polynomials of nilpotent variables, we show how this description provides a simple criterion for entanglement as well as a universal method for constructing the invariants characterizing entanglement. We compare the existing measures and classes of entanglement with those emerging from our approach. We derive the equation of motion for the tanglemeter and, in representative examples of up to four-qubit systems, show how the known classes appear in a natural way within our framework. We extend our approach to qutrits and higher-dimensional systems, and make contact with the recently introduced idea of generalized entanglement. Possible future developments and applications of the method are discussed.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0508234
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
40 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, submitted for publication. v2: section II.E has been changed and the Appendix on "Four qubit sl-entanglement measure" has been removed. There are changes in the notation of section IV. Typos and language mistakes has been corrected. A figure has been added and a figure has been replaced. The references have been updated
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.002331
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0508234
journal_ref:
Phys.Rev.A74:002331,2006
created:
2005-08-31
updated:
2006-01-15

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