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Separable Ball around any Full-Rank Multipartite Product State

Quantum Physics 2023-08-01 v2

Abstract

We show that around any mm-partite product state ρprod=ρ1...ρm\rho_{\rm prod}=\rho_1\otimes...\otimes\rho_m of full rank (that is det(ρprod)0){\rm det}(\rho_{\rm prod})\neq 0), there exists a finite-sized closed ball of separable states centered around ρprod\rho_{\rm prod} whose radius is β:=21m/2λmin(ρprod)\beta:=2^{1-m/2}\lambda_{\rm min}(\rho_{\rm prod}). Here, λmin(ρprod)\lambda_{\rm min}(\rho_{\rm prod}) is the smallest eigenvalue of ρprod\rho_{\rm prod}. We are assuming that the total Hilbert space is finite dimensional and we use the notion of distance induced by the Frobenius norm. Applying a scaling relation, we also give a new and simple sufficient criterion for multipartite separability based on trace: Tr[ρρprod]2/Tr[ρ2]Tr[ρprod2]β2{\rm Tr}[\rho\rho_{\rm prod}]^2/{\rm Tr}[\rho^2]\geq {\rm Tr}[\rho_{\rm prod}^2]-\beta^2. Using the separable balls around the full-rank product states, we discuss the existence and possible sizes of separable balls around any multipartite separable states, which are important features for the set of all separable states. We discuss the implication of these separable balls on entanglement dynamics.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2305.05686,
  title  = {Separable Ball around any Full-Rank Multipartite Product State},
  author = {Robin Yunfei Wen and Achim Kempf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.05686},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

12 pages. v2: new sections, added references

R2 v1 2026-06-28T10:30:19.585Z