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Local symmetry properties of pure 3-qubit states

Quantum Physics 2009-11-06 v5

Abstract

Entanglement types of pure states of 3 qubits are classified by means of their stabilisers in the group of local unitary operations. It is shown that the stabiliser is generically discrete, and that a larger stabiliser indicates a stationary value for some local invariant. We describe all the exceptional states with enlarged stabilisers.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0001091,
  title  = {Local symmetry properties of pure 3-qubit states},
  author = {H A Carteret and A Sudbery},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0001091},
  year   = {2009}
}

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32 pages, 5 encapsulated PostScript files for 3 figures. Published version, with minor corrections