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Examining the validity of Schatten-$p$-norm-based functionals as coherence measures

Quantum Physics 2020-09-15 v1

Abstract

It has been asked by different authors whether the two classes of Schatten-pp-norm-based functionals Cp(ρ)=minσIρσpC_p(\rho)=\min_{\sigma\in\mathcal{I}}||\rho-\sigma||_p and C~p(ρ)=ρΔρp \tilde{C}_p(\rho)= \|\rho-\Delta\rho\|_{p} with p1p\geq 1 are valid coherence measures under incoherent operations, strictly incoherent operations, and genuinely incoherent operations, respectively, where I\mathcal{I} is the set of incoherent states and Δρ\Delta\rho is the diagonal part of density operator ρ\rho. Of these questions, all we know is that Cp(ρ)C_p(\rho) is not a valid coherence measure under incoherent operations and strictly incoherent operations, but all other aspects remain open. In this paper, we prove that (1) C~1(ρ)\tilde{C}_1(\rho) is a valid coherence measure under both strictly incoherent operations and genuinely incoherent operations but not a valid coherence measure under incoherent operations, (2) C1(ρ)C_1(\rho) is not a valid coherence measure even under genuinely incoherent operations, and (3) neither Cp>1(ρ){C}_{p>1}(\rho) nor C~p>1(ρ)\tilde{C}_{p>1}(\rho) is a valid coherence measure under any of the three sets of operations. This paper not only provides a thorough examination on the validity of taking Cp(ρ)C_p(\rho) and C~p(ρ)\tilde{C}_p(\rho) as coherence measures, but also finds an example that fulfills the monotonicity under strictly incoherent operations but violates it under incoherent operations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2009.05895,
  title  = {Examining the validity of Schatten-$p$-norm-based functionals as coherence measures},
  author = {Xiao-Dan Cui and C. L. Liu and D. M. Tong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.05895},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages

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