English

Factorization and entanglement in general XYZ spin arrays in non-uniform transverse fields

Quantum Physics 2015-05-14 v2

Abstract

We determine the conditions for the existence of a pair of degenerate parity breaking separable eigenstates in general arrays of arbitrary spins connected through XYZXYZ couplings of arbitrary range and placed in a transverse field, not necessarily uniform. Sufficient conditions under which they are ground states are also provided. It is then shown that in finite chains, the associated definite parity states, which represent the actual ground state in the immediate vicinity of separability, can exhibit entanglement between any two spins regardless of the coupling range or separation, with the reduced state of any two subsystems equivalent to that of pair of qubits in an entangled mixed state. The corresponding concurrences and negativities are exactly determined. The same properties persist in the mixture of both definite parity states. These effects become specially relevant in systems close to the XXZXXZ limit. The possibility of field induced alternating separable solutions with controllable entanglement side limits is also discussed. Illustrative numerical results for the negativity between the first and the jthj^{\rm th} spin in an open spin ss chain for different values of ss and jj are as well provided.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.0910.0300,
  title  = {Factorization and entanglement in general XYZ spin arrays in non-uniform transverse fields},
  author = {R. Rossignoli and N. Canosa and J. M. Matera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0300},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, figures added