nt - p h / 97 11 02 0 v 1 1 4 N ov 1 99 7 Hyperentangled States

We investigate a new class of entangled states, which we call hyperentangled, that have EPR correlations identical to those in the vacuum state of a relativistic quantum field. We show that whenever hyperentangled states exist in any quantum theory, they are dense in its state space. We also give prescriptions for constructing hyperentangled states that involve an arbitrarily large collection of systems. PACS numbers: 03.65.Bz, 03.70.+k, 11.10.Cd