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Thermodynamics and the measure of entanglement

Sandu Popescu and Daniel Rohrlich
Phys. Rev. A 56, R3319(R) – Published 1 November 1997
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Abstract

We point out formal correspondences between thermodynamics and entanglement. By applying them to previous work, we show that entropy of entanglement is the unique measure of entanglement for pure states.

  • Received 29 October 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R3319

©1997 American Physical Society

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Sandu Popescu

  • Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University, 20 Clarkson Road, Cambridge CB3 0EH, United Kingdom

Daniel Rohrlich

  • School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

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Vol. 56, Iss. 5 — November 1997

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