Temporal and Spatial Dependence of Quantum Entanglement from a Field Theory Perspective

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2008-12-23

arxiv.org/abs/0812.4391v2

Phys.Rev.D79:085020,2009

Physics

Quantum Physics

21 pages, 8 figures. Minor changes. Some plots are re-expressed in logarithmic negativity. No change in the overall results

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.79.085020

We consider the entanglement dynamics between two Unruh-DeWitt detectors at rest separated at a distance $d$. This simple model when analyzed properly in quantum field theory shows many interesting facets and helps to dispel some misunderstandings of entanglement dynamics. We find that there is spatial dependence of quantum entanglement in the stable regime due to the phase difference of vacuum fluctuations the two detectors experience, together with the interference of the mutual influences from the backreaction of one detector on the other. When two initially entangled detectors are still outside each other's light cone, the entanglement oscillates in time with an amplitude dependent on spatial separation $d$. When the two detectors begin to have causal contact, an interference pattern of the relative degree of entanglement (compared to those at spatial infinity) develops a parametric dependence on $d$. The detectors separated at those $d$ with a stronger relative degree of entanglement enjoy longer disentanglement times. In the cases with weak coupling and large separation, the detectors always disentangle at late times. For sufficiently small $d$, the two detectors can have residual entanglement even if they initially were in a separable state, while for $d$ a little larger, there could be transient entanglement created by mutual influences. However, we see no evidence of entanglement creation outside the light cone for initially separable states.

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