Bell’s Theorem for General N-Qubit States

Marek Żukowski and Časlav Brukner
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 210401 – Published 9 May 2002
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Abstract

We derive a single general Bell inequality which is a sufficient and necessary condition for the correlation function for N particles to be describable in a local and realistic picture, for the case in which measurements on each particle can be chosen between two arbitrary dichotomic observables. We also derive a necessary and sufficient condition for an arbitrary N-qubit mixed state to violate this inequality. This condition is a generalization and reformulation of the Horodecki family condition for two qubits.

  • Received 28 June 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.210401

©2002 American Physical Society

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Marek Żukowski1 and Časlav Brukner2

  • 1Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej i Astrofizyki Uniwersytet Gdański, PL-80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
  • 2Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria

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Vol. 88, Iss. 21 — 27 May 2002

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