Separability from Multipartite Measures
Quantum Physics
2026-05-12 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Information Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
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Abstract
We show that the third-order negativity provides a necessary and sufficient criterion for full separability of tripartite pure states, and extend this to mixed states beyond bipartite diagnostics such as negativity. As a minimal nontrivial example, a four-qubit pure state has three-qubit mixed reductions; its complete characterization requires six bipartite, eight tripartite, and four quadripartite measures, with the third-order negativity serving as a key separability criterion. We further generalize these separability criteria to multipartite qudit systems and discuss an application to conformal field theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2605.02097,
title = {Separability from Multipartite Measures},
author = {Chen-Te Ma and Ma-Ke Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.02097},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
45 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, minor changes, reference changed