Abstract

A maximally entangled state is a quantum state which has maximum von Neumann entropy for each bipartition. Through proposing a new method to classify quantum states by using concurrences of pure states of a region, one can apply Bell s inequality to study intensity of quantum entanglement of maximally entangled states. We use a class of seven-qubit quantum states to demonstrate the method, in which we express all coefficients of the quantum states in terms of concurrences of pure states of a region. When a critical point of an upper bound of Bell s inequality occurs in our quantum states, one of the quantum state is a ground state of the toric code model on a disk manifold. Our result also implies that the maximally entangled states do not suggest local maximum quantum entanglement in our quantum states. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Details
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2018
Volume
395
Number of Pages
183-195
DOI
10.1016/j.aop.2018.05.016
Journal
Annals of Physics
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