Physica Scripta
Quantum discord for a central two-qubit system coupled to anXYspin chain with Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interaction
Liang Qiu, An Min Wang
Abstract
We investigated the quantum discord dynamics of a central two-qubit system coupled to an XY spin chain with the Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya (DM) interaction. We found that the DM interaction does not affect the behavior of the quantum phase transition induced by the external magnetic field. Moreover, the DM interaction enhances the decay of quantum discord in the weak-coupling regime, while it has no obvious effect on the quantum discord dynamics in the strong-coupling regime.