Decoherence and multipartite entanglement of non-inertial observers

Abstract

Decoherence effect on multipartite entanglement in non-inertial frames is investigated. GHZ state is considered to be shared between the partners with one partner in inertial frame whereas the other two in accelerated frames. One-tangle and {\pi}-tangles are used to quantify the entanglement of the multipartite system influenced by phase damping and phase flip channels. It is seen that for phase damping channel, entanglement sudden death (ESD) occurs for p>0.5 in the infinite acceleration limit. On the other hand, in case of phase flip channel, ESD behaviour happens around 50% decoherence. It is also seen that entanglement sudden birth (ESB) does occur in case of phase flip channel. Furthermore, it is seen that effect of environment on multipartite entanglement is much stronger than that of the acceleration of non-inertial frames.