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Quantum separability, time reversal and canonical decompositions

Anna Sanpera, Rolf Tarrach, Guifre Vidal

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9707041

Abstract

We propose an interpretation of quantum separability based on a physical principle: local time reversal. It immediately leads to a simple characterization of separable quantum states that reproduces results known to hold for binary composite systems and which thereby is complete for low dimensions. We then describe a constructive algorithm for finding the canonical decomposition of separable and non separable mixed states of dimensions 2x2 and 2x3.

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