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Geometric classical and total correlations via trace distance

Quantum Physics 2013-10-07 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We introduce the concepts of geometric classical and total correlations through Schatten 1-norm (trace norm), which is the only Schatten p-norm able to ensure a well-defined geometric measure of correlations. In particular, we derive the analytical expressions for the case of two-qubit Bell-diagonal states, discussing the superadditivity of geometric correlations. As an illustration, we compare our results with the entropic correlations, discussing both their hierarchy and monotonicity properties. Moreover, we apply the geometric correlations to investigate the ground state of spin chains in the thermodynamic limit. In contrast to the entropic quantifiers, we show that the classical correlation is the only source of 1-norm geometric correlation that is able to signaling an infinite-order quantum phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3579,
  title  = {Geometric classical and total correlations via trace distance},
  author = {F. M. Paula and J. D. Montealegre and A. Saguia and Thiago R. de Oliveira and M. S. Sarandy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3579},
  year   = {2013}
}

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