arXiv:quant-ph/0106101

Strong twin events in mixed-state entanglement

Fedor Herbut

Published Jun 18, 2001• 1 citation

Abstract

Continuing the study of mixed-state entanglement in terms of opposite-subsystem observables the measurement of one of which amounts to the same as that of the other (so-called twins), begun in a recent article, so-called strong twin events, which imply biorthogonal mixing of states, are defined and studied. It is shown that for each mixed state there exists a Schmidt canonical (super state vector) expansion in terms of Hermitian operators, and that it can be the continuation of the mentioned biorthogonal mixing due to strong twins. The case of weak twins and nonhermitian Schmidt canonical expansion is also investigated. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of nontrivial twins for separable states is derived.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0106101

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