Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2000-02-28
Phys. Rev. A 62, 032310 (2000)
Physics
Quantum Physics
RevTex, 10 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.62.032310
We consider low rank density operators $\varrho$ supported on a $M\times N$ Hilbert space for arbitrary $M$ and $N$ ($M\leq N$) and with a positive partial transpose (PPT) $\varrho^{T_A}\ge 0$. For rank $r(\varrho) \leq N$ we prove that having a PPT is necessary and sufficient for $\varrho$ to be separable; in this case we also provide its minimal decomposition in terms of pure product states. It follows from this result that there is no rank 3 bound entangled states having a PPT. We also present a necessary and sufficient condition for the separability of generic density matrices for which the sum of the ranks of $\varrho$ and $\varrho^{T_A}$ satisfies $r(\varrho)+r(\varrho^{T_A}) \le 2MN-M-N+2$. This separability condition has the form of a constructive check, providing thus also a pure product state decomposition for separable states, and it works in those cases where a system of couple polynomial equations has a finite number of solutions, as expected in most cases.
Cirac Ignacio
Horodecki Pawel
Lewenstein Maciej
Vidal Guifre
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