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Quantum discord between relatively accelerated observers

Journal

PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume 80, Issue 5, Pages -

Publisher

AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052304

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; quantum cryptography; quantum entanglement

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  1. EPSRC [EP/C546237/1]
  2. EU

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We calculate the quantum discord between two free modes of a scalar field, which start in a maximally entangled state and then undergo a relative constant acceleration. In a regime where there is no distillable entanglement due to the Unruh effect, we show that there is a finite amount of quantum discord, which is a measure of purely quantum correlations in a state over and above quantum entanglement. Even in the limit of infinite acceleration of the observer detecting one of the modes, we provide evidence for a nonzero amount of purely quantum correlations. We discuss our result in the context of secure quantum communications involving eavesdroppers in noninertial frames.

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