Measures of spatial entanglement in a two-electron model atom

J. Pipek and I. Nagy
Phys. Rev. A 79, 052501 – Published 1 May 2009

Abstract

Different entropies which can characterize the inseparable quantum correlation in a two-electron entangled artificial atom proposed by Moshinsky are analyzed. The analysis is based on an exact representation for the trace of the q-order one-body reduced density matrix in terms of the interparticle coupling. The entanglement spectrum of the model system and the possible role of the entropy-maximum concept to practical applications of matrices are discussed as well. The ground-state energy, readily obtained from the Schrödinger Hamiltonian, is recalculated within a density-matrix-functional representation for its components.

  • Received 13 February 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.052501

©2009 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. Pipek1 and I. Nagy1,2

  • 1Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Technical University of Budapest, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
  • 2Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), P. Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain

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Vol. 79, Iss. 5 — May 2009

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