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arXiv:2607.24858 · The European Physical Journal C

Topology-dependent relativistic degradation of multipartite entanglement

Shu-Min Wu, Si-Han Shang, Xu Han, Hui-Chen Yang, Qianqian Liu

quant-phgr-qcSubmitted Jul 26, 2026• Announced Jul 28, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

The influence of relativistic motion on quantum entanglement is commonly attributed to acceleration-induced thermal noise. Here we show that, for asymmetric multipartite states, the topology of entanglement can become equally important. Considering a three-qubit Star state in the Unruh-DeWitt detector framework, we compare two inequivalent acceleration configurations in which either the central or a peripheral qubit undergoes uniform acceleration. We demonstrate that these physically equivalent accelerations lead to qualitatively different entanglement dynamics: acceleration of a peripheral qubit induces a revival of one-tangle that is absent when the central qubit accelerates, whereas genuine tripartite entanglement decays monotonically but with markedly different robustness. Our results uncover a topology-dependent mechanism for relativistic entanglement degradation, showing that the response of multipartite quantum correlations is determined jointly by Unruh thermalization and the structural role of the accelerated subsystem. This work identifies asymmetric quantum networks as a distinct platform for controlling relativistic quantum resources.

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We investigate the entanglement measures of tripartite W-State and GHZ-state in noninertial frame through the coordinate transformation between Minkowski and Rindler. First it is shown that all three qubits undergo in a uniform acceleration aaa of W-State, we find that the one-tangle, two-tangle, and πππ-tangle decrease when the acceleration parameter rrr increases, and the two-tangle cannot arrive to infinity of the acceleration. Next we show that the one qubit goes in a uniform acceleration a1a_{1}a1​ and the other two undergo in a uniform acceleration aaa of GHZ-state, we find that the two-tangle is equal to zero and NBI(AICI)=NCI(AIBI)≠NAI(BICI)N_{B_I (A_I C_I)} = N_{C_I (A_I B_I)}\neq N_{A_I (B_I C_I)}NBI​(AI​CI​)​=NCI​(AI​BI​)​=NAI​(BI​CI​)​, but one-tangle and πππ-tangle never reduce to zero for any acceleration.