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Are there phase transitions in information space?

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v3 Condensed Matter

Abstract

The interplay between two basic quantities -- quantum communication and information -- is investigated. Quantum communication is an important resource for quantum states shared by two parties and is directly related to entanglement. Recently, the amount of local information that can be drawn from a state has been shown to be closely related to the non-local properties of the state. Here we consider both formation and extraction processes, and analyze informational resources as a function of quantum communication. The resulting diagrams in information space allow us to observe phase-like transitions when correlations become classical.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0207169,
  title  = {Are there phase transitions in information space?},
  author = {Jonathan Oppenheim and Michal Horodecki and Ryszard Horodecki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0207169},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 epsi figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett