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Hierarchies of Gaussian multimode entanglement from thermodynamic quantifiers

Quantum Physics 2026-02-24 v1

Abstract

We develop a thermodynamic characterization of multimode entanglement in pure continuous-variable systems by quantifying the gap between globally and locally extractable work (ergotropy). For arbitrary pure multimode Gaussian states, we prove that the 22-local ergotropic gap is a faithful entanglement monotone across any bipartition and constitutes a functionally independent upper bound to the Renyi-2 entanglement entropy. We further introduce the kk-ergotropic score, the minimum kk-local ergotropic gap, and show that it faithfully quantifies multimode entanglement across kk partitions. For pure three-mode Gaussian states, we derive its closed-form relation with the geometric measure for genuine multimode entanglement (k=2)(k=2), and total Gaussian multimode entanglement (k=3)(k=3). For systems with more than three modes, the kk-ergotropic score becomes a functionally independent measure of multimode entanglement to the standard geometric measures. Our results reveal a direct operational hierarchy linking Gaussian multimode entanglement to work extraction under locality constraints, and provide a computable and experimentally accessible thermodynamic framework for characterizing quantum correlations.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18816,
  title  = {Hierarchies of Gaussian multimode entanglement from thermodynamic quantifiers},
  author = {Mrinmoy Samanta and Sudipta Mondal and Ayan Patra and Saptarshi Roy and Aditi Sen De},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18816},
  year   = {2026}
}

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6+13 pages, 2 figures