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Indecomposability of entanglement witnesses constructed from any permutations

Quantum Physics 2014-06-20 v1

Abstract

Let n2n\geq 2 and Φn,t,π:Mn(C)Mn(C)\Phi_{n,t,\pi}: M_n({\mathbb C}) \rightarrow M_n({\mathbb C}) be a linear map defined by Φn,t,π(A)=(nt)i=1nEiiAEii+ti=1nEi,π(i)AEi,π(i)A\Phi_{n,t,\pi}(A)=(n-t)\sum_{i=1}^nE_{ii}AE_{ii}+t\sum_{i=1}^nE_{i,\pi(i)}AE_{i,\pi(i)}^\dag-A, where 0tn0\leq t\leq n, EijE_{ij}s are the matrix units and π\pi is a non-identity permutation of (1,2,,n)(1,2,\cdots,n). Denote by {Fs:s=1,2,k}\{{ F}_s: s=1,2\ldots, k\} the set of all minimal cycles of π\pi and l(π)=max{#Fs:s=1,2,,k}l(\pi)=\max\{\# { F}_s: s=1,2,\ldots,k\} the length of π\pi. It is shown that the Hermitian matrix Wn,t,πW_{n,t,\pi} induced by Φn,t,π\Phi_{n,t,\pi} is an indecomposable entanglement witness if and only if π2id\pi^2\not={\rm id} (the identity permutation) and 0<tnl(π)0<t\leq\frac{n}{l(\pi)}. Some new bounded entangled states are detected by such witnesses that cannot be distinguished by PPT criterion, realignment criterion, etc..

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@article{arxiv.1406.4954,
  title  = {Indecomposability of entanglement witnesses constructed from any permutations},
  author = {Xiao-Fei Qi and Jin-Chuan Hou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4954},
  year   = {2014}
}

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