Does relativistic motion really freeze initially maximal entanglement?
Abstract
We investigate the relativistic dynamics of quantum entanglement in a four-qubit cluster () state using a fully operational Unruh-DeWitt detector framework. Contrary to the widely held expectation that the Unruh effect inevitably degrades initially maximal entanglement, we demonstrate that the bipartite entanglement of the state remains strictly maximal for all accelerations, including the infinite-acceleration limit. This result uncovers a previously unexplored phenomenon, namely the ``complete freezing of initially maximal entanglement" under relativistic motion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first identification and systematic characterization of such a phenomenon within a relativistic framework. These findings overturn the conventional view that acceleration universally diminishes maximal entanglement and establish the state as a promising resource for quantum information processing in non-inertial or curved-spacetime settings.
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@article{arxiv.2601.02976,
title = {Does relativistic motion really freeze initially maximal entanglement?},
author = {Si-Han Li and Hui-Chen Yang and Rui-Yang Xu and Shu-Min Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02976},
year = {2026}
}
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22 pages, 4 figures