Abstract

We study the dynamics of quantum entanglement between two Unruh-DeWitt detectors, one stationary (Alice), and another uniformly accelerating (Rob), with no direct interaction but coupled to a common quantum field in (3+1)D Minkowski space. We find that for all cases studied the initial entanglement between the detectors disappears in a finite time ("sudden death"). After the moment of total disentanglement the correlations between the two detectors remain nonzero until late times. The relation between the disentanglement time and Rob s proper acceleration is observer dependent. The larger the acceleration is, the longer the disentanglement time in Alice s coordinate, but the shorter in Rob s coordinate.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2008
Volume
78
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.78.125025
Journal
Physical Review D
Contributors