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Entanglement of localized states

Quantum Physics 2011-11-09 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We derive exact expressions for the mean value of Meyer-Wallach entanglement Q for localized random vectors drawn from various ensembles corresponding to different physical situations. For vectors localized on a randomly chosen subset of the basis, <Q> tends for large system sizes to a constant which depends on the participation ratio, whereas for vectors localized on adjacent basis states it goes to zero as a constant over the number of qubits. Applications to many-body systems and Anderson localization are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0704.2765,
  title  = {Entanglement of localized states},
  author = {O. Giraud and J. Martin and B. Georgeot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2765},
  year   = {2011}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures