Four-Qubit Entanglement Classification from String Theory

Journal Article · Fri Sep 03 04:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.105.100507· OSTI ID:21470911

Borsten, L; Dahanayake, D; Duff, M J; Rubens, W ^[1]; Marrani, A ^[2]

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1. Theoretical Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ (United Kingdom)
2. Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060 (United States)

We invoke the black-hole-qubit correspondence to derive the classification of four-qubit entanglement. The U-duality orbits resulting from timelike reduction of string theory from D=4 to D=3 yield 31 entanglement families, which reduce to nine up to permutation of the four qubits.

• OSTI ID: 21470911
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 105; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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