Factorization and entanglement in general XYZ spin arrays in nonuniform transverse fields

We determine the conditions for the existence of a pair of degenerate parity breaking separable eigenstates in general arrays of arbitrary spins connected through XYZ couplings of arbitrary range and placed in a transverse field, not necessarily uniform. Sufficient conditions under which they are gr...

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Autores: Rossignoli, Raúl Dante, Canosa, Norma Beatriz, Matera, Juan Mauricio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/125914
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125914
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
Quantum entanglement
Physics
Qubit
Parity (physics)
Spins
Spin (physics)
Quantum mechanics
Ground state
Separable space
Degenerate energy levels
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Sumario:We determine the conditions for the existence of a pair of degenerate parity breaking separable eigenstates in general arrays of arbitrary spins connected through XYZ couplings of arbitrary range and placed in a transverse field, not necessarily uniform. Sufficient conditions under which they are ground states are also provided. It is then shown that in finite chains, the associated definite parity states, which represent the actual ground state in the immediate vicinity of separability, can exhibit entanglement between any two spins regardless of the coupling range or separation, with the reduced state of any two subsystems equivalent to that of pair of qubits in an entangled mixed state. The corresponding concurrences and negativities are exactly determined. The same properties persist in the mixture of both definite parity states. These effects become specially relevant in systems close to the XXZ limit. The possibility of field induced alternating separable solutions with controllable entanglement side limits is also discussed. Illustrative numerical results for the negativity between the first and the j<sup>th</sup> spin in an open spin <i>s</i> chain for different values of <i>s</i> and <i>j</i> are as well provided.