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The Unruh effect in quantum information beyond the single-mode approximation

Quantum Physics 2017-07-28 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We address the validity of the single-mode approximation that is commonly invoked in the analysis of entanglement in non-inertial frames and in other relativistic quantum information scenarios. We show that the single-mode approximation is not valid for arbitrary states, finding corrections to previous studies beyond such approximation in the bosonic and fermionic cases. We also exhibit a class of wave packets for which the single-mode approximation is justified subject to the peaking constraints set by an appropriate Fourier transform.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4670,
  title  = {The Unruh effect in quantum information beyond the single-mode approximation},
  author = {D. E. Bruschi and J. Louko and E. Martin-Martinez and A. Dragan and I. Fuentes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4670},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

revtex4, 3 figures, I.F. previously published as Fuentes-Guridi and Fuentes-Schuller. Minor changes and Journal reference added

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