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On single-copy entanglement

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The largest eigenvalue of the reduced density matrix for quantum chains is shown to have a simple physical interpretation and power-law behaviour in critical systems. This is verified numerically for XXZ spin chains.

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0509002,
  title  = {On single-copy entanglement},
  author = {Ingo Peschel and Jize Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0509002},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures, note added, typo corrected