Multipartite Bell-type inequality by generalizing Wigner's argument

Dipankar Home, Debashis Saha, and Siddhartha Das
Phys. Rev. A 91, 012102 – Published 9 January 2015

Abstract

Wigner's argument inferring a Bell-type inequality for the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen–Bohm entangled state is generalized here for any N-partite state. This is based on assuming for the relevant dichotomic observables the existence of the overall joint probability distributions, satisfying the locality condition, which would yield the measurable marginal probabilities. For any N, such a generalized Wigner inequality (GWI) is violated by quantum mechanics for all pure entangled states. The efficacy of GWI is probed, comparing with the Seevinck–Svetlichny multipartite Bell-type inequality, by calculating threshold visibilities for the quadripartite Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger, Cluster, and W states that determine their respective robustness with respect to the quantum-mechanical violation of GWI in the presence of white noise.

  • Received 1 July 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.91.012102

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Dipankar Home*

  • Bose Institute, CAPSS, Block-EN, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700091, India

Debashis Saha

  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, India

Siddhartha Das

  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Pune 411008, India

  • *dhome@jcbose.ac.in
  • debashis7112@iiserkol.ac.in
  • sdas@students.iiserpune.ac.in

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Vol. 91, Iss. 1 — January 2015

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