Dynamics of spatially indistinguishable particles and quantum entanglement protection

Canonical entanglement for two indistinguishable particles

We determine the degree of entanglement for two indistinguishable particles based on the tensor product structure, which is a framework for emphasizing entanglement founded on observational quantities. Our theory connects the canonical entanglement and entanglement based on occupation number for two fermions and for two bosons and shows that the entanglement measure, based on linear entropy, is...

Quantum Correlations in Systems of Indistinguishable Particles

We discuss quantum correlations in systems of indistinguishable particles in relation to entanglement in composite quantum systems consisting of well separated subsystems. Our studies are motivated by recent experiments and theoretical investigations on quantum dots and neutral atoms in microtraps as tools for quantum information processing. We present analogies between distinguishable particle...

Entanglement of indistinguishable particles in condensed-matter physics

Entanglement of indistinguishable particles shared between two parties.

Using an operational definition we quantify the entanglement, E(P), between two parties who share an arbitrary pure state of N indistinguishable particles. We show that E(P)< or =E(M), where E(M) is the bipartite entanglement calculated from the mode-occupation representation. Unlike E(M), E(P) is superadditive. For example, E(P)=0 for any single-particle state, but the state |1>|1>, where both...

Indistinguishable particles in quantum mechanics: an introduction

In this article, we discuss the identity and indistinguishability of quantum systems and the consequent need to introduce an extra postulate in Quantum Mechanics to correctly describe situations involving indistinguishable particles. This is, for electrons, the Pauli Exclusion Principle, or in general, the Symmetrization Postulate. Then, we introduce fermions and bosons and the distributions re...