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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Entanglement characterization in Quantum Networks based on entanglement distance

Qi Han, Shijiao Xing, Xiao Wu, J LI, Xuexin Huang

Published Jul 22, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1016/j.physa.2026.131831

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