Disentanglement and Decoherence without dissipation at non-zero temperatures

Details Disentanglement and Decoherence without dissipation at non-zero temperatures Disentanglement and Decoherence without dissipation at non-zero temperatures

2010-09-19

arxiv.org/abs/1009.3659v1

Phys.Scr. 82,038112 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

3 pages

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Decoherence is well understood, in contrast to disentanglement. According to common lore, irreversible coupling to a dissipative environment is the mechanism for loss of entanglement. Here, we show that, on the contrary, disentanglement can in fact occur at large enough temperatures $T$ even for vanishingly small dissipation (as we have shown previously for decoherence). However, whereas the effect of $T$ on decoherence increases exponentially with time, the effect of $T$ on disentanglement is constant for all times, reflecting a fundamental difference between the two phenomena. Also, the possibility of disentanglement at a particular $T$ increases with decreasing initial entanglement.

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