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Chinese Physics B

Quantum thermal discord in a two-spin-1/2 XXZ model

Qiong Wang, Jie‐Qiao Liao, Zeng Hao-Sheng

Published Oct 1, 2010• 31 citations
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Abstract

We study the quantum discord in a two-spin-1/2 XXZ model in thermal equilibrium at temperature T in the presence of an external magnetic field B . Special attention is paid to the dependence of quantum discord on the temperature T and magnetic field B . It is found that quantum thermal discord is more robust than concurrence against temperature, in the sense that quantum thermal discord does not vanish at finite temperatures, but concurrence vanishes completely at a critical temperature.

DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/19/10/100311

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