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Separability of heterogeneous quantum systems using multipartite concurrence and tangle

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As heterogeneous quantum systems become a high-impact topic in the state of the art through hybrid entanglement, none of the many competing measures of multipartite entanglement has yet been shown to provide a complete characterization. In this paper, for the first time, we connect two of the most popular research directions on entanglement of heterogeneous systems: correlation tensors on the one hand, and concurrence and tangle on the other. We find the first ever separability criteria for heterogeneous quantum systems under any arbitrary partition in terms of multipartite concurrence and tangle, respectively, generalizing and refining previous work on m-separability of homogeneous systems, and we derive the first relations between the Frobenius norms of correlation tensors, concurrence and tangle, generalizing previous work for homogeneous systems.

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Tănăsescu, A., Popescu, P.G. Separability of heterogeneous quantum systems using multipartite concurrence and tangle. Quantum Inf Process 20, 50 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-02989-2

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