Entanglement in dissipative dynamics of identical particles

Entanglement of identical massive particles recently gained attention, because of its relevance in highly controllable systems, e.g., ultracold gases. It accounts for correlations among modes instead of particles, providing a different paradigm for quantum information. We prove that the entanglement of almost all states rarely vanishes in the presence of noise, and analyse the most relevant noise in ultracold gases: dephasing and particle losses. Furthermore, when the particle number increases, the entanglement decay can turn from exponential into algebraic. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2013