Equation of state for entanglement in a Fermi gas

Author(s)
Christian Lunkes, Caslav Brukner, Vlatko Vedral
Abstract

Entanglement distance is the maximal separation between two entangled electrons in a degenerate electron gas. Beyond that distance, all entanglement disappears. We relate entanglement distance to degeneracy pressure both for extreme relativistic and nonrelativistic systems, and estimate the entanglement distance in a white dwarf. Treating entanglement as a thermodynamical quantity, we relate the entropy of formation and concurrence to relative electron distance, pressure, and temperature, to form an equation of state for entanglement. Œ 2005 The American Physical Society.

Organisation(s)
External organisation(s)
Imperial College London
Journal
Physical Review A
Volume
71
No. of pages
4
ISSN
1050-2947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.034309
Publication date
2005
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/e31fa529-c050-4765-a79e-bf6c1d6a661a