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The geometry of bipartite qutrits including bound entanglement

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We investigate the state space of bipartite qutrits. We construct an analog to the "magic" tetrahedron for bipartite qubits--a magic simplex W. It is formed by all convex combination of nine Bell states which are constructed using the Weyl operators. Due to the high symmetry it is enough to consider certain typical slices through W. Via optimal entanglement witnesses we find regions of bound entangled states inside W.

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@article{arxiv.0705.1403,
  title  = {The geometry of bipartite qutrits including bound entanglement},
  author = {B. Baumgartner and B. C. Hiesmayr and H. Narnhofer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.1403},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

extended version: new results added, 6 pages, 6 figures. accepted by Physics Letters A