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arXiv:quant-ph/0512224 · Quantum Information and Computation

Are quantum correlations symmetric?

Karol Horodecki, Michał Horodecki, Paweł Horodecki

Published Nov 1, 2010• 3 citations
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Abstract

We provide operational definition of asymmetry of entanglement: An entangled state contains asymmetric entanglement if its subsystems can not be exchanged (swapped) by means of local operations and classical communication. We show that in general states have asymmetric entanglement. This allows to construct nonsymmetric measure of entanglement, and a parameter that reports asymmetry of entanglement contents of quantum state. We propose asymptotic measure of asymmetry of entanglement, and show that states for which it is nonzero, contain necessarily bound entanglement.

DOI
10.26421/qic10.11-12-1

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