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Quantum Separability of the vacuum for Scalar Fields with a Boundary

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Using the Green's function approach we investigate separability of the vacuum state of a massless scalar field with a single Dirichlet boundary. Separability is demonstrated using the positive partial transpose criterion for effective two-mode Gaussian states of collective operators. In contrast to the vacuum energy, entanglement of the vacuum is not modified by the presence of the boundary.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0607202,
  title  = {Quantum Separability of the vacuum for Scalar Fields with a Boundary},
  author = {Jae-Weon Lee and Jaewan Kim and Taeseung Choi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0607202},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 1 figure, Revtex, minor corrections. submitted to Phy. Rev. A

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