Quantum information and relativity: harvesting entanglement in different setups

The aim of this work is present the phenomenon denoted entanglement harvesting. We begin by introducing entanglement historically. Following, we go beyond the one particle theory in flat spacetime and introduce Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, showing two famous consequences: the Unruh effe...

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Autor: Ota, Iara Naomi Nobre
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da USP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:teses.usp.br:tde-02102018-093613
Acceso en línea:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-02102018-093613/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Colheita de emaranhamento
Emaranhamento
Entanglement
Harvesting entanglement
Quantum field theory in curved spacetime
Teoria quântica de campos no espaço-tempo curvo
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Sumario:The aim of this work is present the phenomenon denoted entanglement harvesting. We begin by introducing entanglement historically. Following, we go beyond the one particle theory in flat spacetime and introduce Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime, showing two famous consequences: the Unruh effect and the Hawking radiation. Finally, we analyze entanglement harvesting for two Unruh-deWitt detectors. In the fisrt example, we see that there is a \"sudden death\" point of entanglement harvesting when the detectors are near the BTZ black hole event horizon, due to redshift effect and Hawking radiation. Then, we compare the phenomenon for different scenarios, and find out that it is sensitive to the structure of spacetime. Finally, we see how detectors\' parameters affect it and find out that the smoothness of the switching of the detectors\' coupling to the field is extremely relevant. We also see how the parameters can be used to optimize entanglement harvested.