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Superposition of macroscopically distinct states means large multipartite entanglement

Tomoyuki Morimae
Phys. Rev. A 81, 010101(R) – Published 25 January 2010

Abstract

I show relations between superposition of macroscopically distinct states and entanglement. These relations lead to the important conclusion that if a state includes superposition of macroscopically distinct states, the state also includes large multipartite entanglement in terms of several measures. Such a multipartite entanglement property also suggests that if a state includes superposition of macroscopically distinct states, a measurement on a single particle drastically changes the state of macroscopically many other particles, as in the case of the N-qubit Greenberger- Horne-Zeilinger state.

  • Received 24 September 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.010101

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Tomoyuki Morimae*

  • Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan,
  • Laboratoire Paul Painlevé, Université Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cédex, France

  • *morimae@asone.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Vol. 81, Iss. 1 — January 2010

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