Quantum correlations and Basis-Independent Coherence Distribution in Two Gravitational Cat States
摘要
We study the distribution of quantum correlations and basis-independent coherence in a pair of massive particles confined in a double-well potential and coupled through their mutual Newtonian gravitational interaction. Non-classical correlations are characterized using Bures distance of entanglement and quantum discord, while coherence is quantified through the square root of the quantum Jensen--Shannon divergence (QJSD) from the maximally mixed state, yielding a measure that is invariant under arbitrary unitary transformations and is therefore genuinely basis-independent. The total coherence decomposes into two operationally distinct contributions: the collective coherence , which captures quantum correlations between the two subsystems, and the localized coherence , which captures the intrinsic quantum coherence of each individual subsystem. We analyze how temperature , the gravitational coupling , and the single-particle energy scale govern the redistribution of coherence between its collective and localized components. Our results show that is more robust against thermal fluctuations than , and that increasing preferentially enhances collective coherence by strengthening gravitationally induced inter-particle correlations.
引用
@article{arxiv.2608.13493,
title = {Quantum correlations and Basis-Independent Coherence Distribution in Two Gravitational Cat States},
author = {Mostafa Mansour and Mansoura Oumennana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.13493},
year = {2026}
}