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Superactivation of Bound Entanglement

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We show that, in a multi-party setting, two non-distillable (bound-entangled) states tensored together can make a distillable state. This is an example of true superadditivity of distillable entanglement. We also show that unlockable bound-entangled states cannot be asymptotically unentangled, providing the first proof that some states are truly bound-entangled in the sense of being both non-distillable and non-separable asymptotically.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0005117,
  title  = {Superactivation of Bound Entanglement},
  author = {Peter W. Shor and John A. Smolin and Ashish V. Thapliyal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0005117},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages revtex, resubmitted with improvements after referee

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