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Local, nonlocal quantumness and information theoretic measures

Quantum Physics 2016-09-30 v3

Abstract

It has been suggested that there may exist quantum correlations that go beyond entanglement. The existence of such correlations can be revealed by quantum discord, but not by the conventional measure of entanglement. We argue that a state displays quantumness that can be of local and nonlocal origin. The physical quantity such as the quantum discord probes not only the nonlocal quantumness but also the local quantumness, such as the "local superposition". This can be a reason why such measures are non-zero when there is no entanglement. We consider a generalized version of the Werner state to demonstrate the interplay of local quantumness, nonlocal quantumness, and classical mixedness of a state.

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@article{arxiv.1502.00857,
  title  = {Local, nonlocal quantumness and information theoretic measures},
  author = {Pankaj Agrawal and Sk Sazim and Indranil Chakrabarty and Arun K. Pati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00857},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

7 pages, 8 figures. Title changed. Accepted for publication in IJQI

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