Entanglement classification with algebraic geometry. (18th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sanz, M; Braak, D; Solano, E; Egusquiza, I L
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 50:Number 19(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-04-18
• Subjects: quantum entanglement -- entanglement classification -- entanglement families -- algebraic geometry -- veronese variety -- secant varieties; Mathematical physics -- Periodicals; Statistical physics -- Periodicals; Quantum theory -- Periodicals; Matter -- Properties -- Periodicals; 530.105
• DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/aa6926
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8113

Abstract

Abstract: We approach multipartite entanglement classification in the symmetric subspace in terms of algebraic geometry, its natural language. We show that the class of symmetric separable states has the structure of a Veronese variety and that its k -secant varieties are SLOCC invariants. Thus SLOCC classes gather naturally into families. This classification presents useful properties such as a linear growth of the number of families with the number of particles, and nesting, i.e. upward consistency of the classification. We attach physical meaning to this classification through the required interaction length of parent Hamiltonians. We show that the states W N and GHZ N are in the same secant family and that, effectively, the former can be obtained in a limit from the latter. This limit is understood in terms of tangents, leading to a refinement of the previous families. We compute explicitly the classification of symmetric states with N ⩽ 4 qubits in terms of both secant families and its refinement using tangents. This paves the way to further use of projective varieties in algebraic geometry to solve open problems in entanglement theory.