Study of quantum non-locality by CHSH function and its extension in disordered fermions

Abstract

Quantum non-locality is an important concept in quantum physics. In this work, we study the quantum non-locality in a fermion many-body system under quasi-periodic disorders. The Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality is systematically investigated, which quantifies quantum non-locality between two sites. We find that the quantum non-locality explicitly characterize the extended and critical phase transitions, and further that in the globally averaged picture of maximum value of the quantum non-locality the CHSH inequality is not broken, but for a local pair in the internal of the system the violation probability of the CHSH inequality becomes sufficiently finite. Further we investigate an extension of the CHSH inequality, Mermin-Klyshko-Svetlichny (MKS) polynomials, which can characterize multipartite quantum non-locality. We also find a similar behavior to the case of CHSH inequality. In particular, in the critical regime and on a transition point, the adjacent three qubit MKS polynomial in a portion of the system exhibits a quantum non-local violation regime with a finite probability.