Separability Criterion for Density Matrices

Asher Peres
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1413 – Published 19 August 1996
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Abstract

A quantum system consisting of two subsystems is separable if its density matrix can be written as ρ=ΣAwAρAρA, where ρA and ρA are density matrices for the two subsystems, and the positive weights wA satisfy ΣwA=1. In this Letter, it is proved that a necessary condition for separability is that a matrix, obtained by partial transposition of ρ, has only non-negative eigenvalues. Some examples show that this criterion is more sensitive than Bell's inequality for detecting quantum inseparability.

  • Received 8 April 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1413

©1996 American Physical Society

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Asher Peres

  • Department of Physics, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, 32 000, Haifa, Israel

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Vol. 77, Iss. 8 — 19 August 1996

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