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Completely positive maps and classical correlations

César A Rodríguez-Rosario1, Kavan Modi1, Aik-meng Kuah1, Anil Shaji2 and E C G Sudarshan1

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We expand the set of initial states of a system and its environment that are known to guarantee completely positive reduced dynamics for the system when the combined state evolves unitarily. We characterize the correlations in the initial state in terms of its quantum discord [1]. We prove that initial states that have only classical correlations lead to completely positive reduced dynamics. The induced maps can be not completely positive when quantum correlations including, but not limited to, entanglement are present.


PACS

03.65.Ud Entanglement and quantum nonlocality (e.g. EPR paradox, Bell's inequalities, GHZ states, etc.)

03.67.Mn Entanglement measures, witnesses, and other characterizations

03.67.Lx Quantum computation architectures and implementations

03.65.Yz Decoherence; open systems; quantum statistical methods

MSC

81P68 Quantum computation and quantum cryptography (See also 68Q05, 94A60)

94A15 Information theory, general (See also 62B10)

Subjects

Computational physics

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Dates

Issue 20 (23 May 2008)

Received 7 February 2008, in final form 18 March 2008

Published 23 April 2008



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