Negativity as a distance from a separable state

M. Khasin*, R. Kosloff, D. Steinitz

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Abstract

The computable measure of the mixed-state entanglement, the negativity, is shown to admit a clear geometrical interpretation, when applied to Schmidt-correlated (SC) states: the negativity of a SC state equals a distance of the state from a pertinent separable state. As a consequence, the Peres-Horodecki criterion of separability is both necessary and sufficient for SC states. Another remarkable consequence is that the negativity of a SC can be estimated "at a glance" on the density matrix. These results are generalized to mixtures of SC states, which emerge in bipartite evolutions with additive integrals of motion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number052325
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume75
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 May 2007

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