Quantum correlation with sandwiched relative entropies: Advantageous as order parameter in quantum phase transitions

Avijit Misra, Anindya Biswas, Arun K. Pati, Aditi Sen(De), and Ujjwal Sen
Phys. Rev. E 91, 052125 – Published 15 May 2015

Abstract

Quantum discord is a measure of quantum correlations beyond the entanglement-separability paradigm. It is conceptualized by using the von Neumann entropy as a measure of disorder. We introduce a class of quantum correlation measures as differences between total and classical correlations, in a shared quantum state, in terms of the sandwiched relative Rényi and Tsallis entropies. We compare our results with those obtained by using the traditional relative entropies. We find that the measures satisfy all the plausible axioms for quantum correlations. We evaluate the measures for shared pure as well as paradigmatic classes of mixed states. We show that the measures can faithfully detect the quantum critical point in the transverse quantum Ising model and find that they can be used to remove an unquieting feature of nearest-neighbor quantum discord in this respect. Furthermore, the measures provide better finite-size scaling exponents of the quantum critical point than the ones for other known order parameters, including entanglement and information-theoretic measures of quantum correlations.

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  • Received 11 October 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.052125

©2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Avijit Misra, Anindya Biswas, Arun K. Pati, Aditi Sen(De), and Ujjwal Sen

  • Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Allahabad 211 019, India

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Vol. 91, Iss. 5 — May 2015

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