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Equation of state for Entanglement in a Fermi gas

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

Entanglement distance is the maximal separation between two entangled electrons in a degenerate electron gas. Beyond that distance, all entanglement disappears. We relate entanglement distance to degeneracy pressure both for extreme relativistic and non-relativistic systems, and estimate the entanglement distance in a white dwarf. Treating entanglement as a thermodynamical quantity, we relate the entropy of formation and concurrence to relative electron distance, pressure, and temperature, to form a new equation of state for entanglement.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0410166,
  title  = {Equation of state for Entanglement in a Fermi gas},
  author = {Christian Lunkes and Caslav Brukner and Vlatko Vedral},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0410166},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To appear in Phys. Rev. A., 4 pages, 1 figure