Entanglement entropy of multipartite pure states
Abstract
Consider a system consisting of n d-dimensional quantum particles and an arbitrary pure state |Ψ> of the whole system. Suppose we simultaneously perform complete von Neumann measurements on each particle. The Shannon entropy of the outcomes’ joint probability distribution is a functional of the state |Ψ> and of n measurements chosen for each particle. Denote S[Ψ] the minimum of this entropy over all choices of the measurements. We show that S[Ψ] coincides with the entropy of entanglement for bipartite states. We compute S[Ψ] for some special multipartite states: the hexacode state |H> (n=6, d=2) and the determinant states |Detn> (d=n). The computation yields S[H]=4 log 2 and S[Detn]=log(n!). Counterparts of the determinant state defined for d<n are also considered.
- Publication:
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Physical Review A
- Pub Date:
- January 2003
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:quant-ph/0205021
- Bibcode:
- 2003PhRvA..67a2313B
- Keywords:
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- 03.67.-a;
- 03.65.-w;
- Quantum information;
- Quantum mechanics;
- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, REVTeX, corrected some typos