Preparational Uncertainty Relations for N Continuous Variables

Spiros Kechrimparis and Stefan Weigert
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Spiros Kechrimparis: Department of Mathematics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
Stefan Weigert: Department of Mathematics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK

Mathematics, 2016, vol. 4, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: A smooth function of the second moments of N continuous variables gives rise to an uncertainty relation if it is bounded from below. We present a method to systematically derive such bounds by generalizing an approach applied previously to a single continuous variable. New uncertainty relations are obtained for multi-partite systems that allow one to distinguish entangled from separable states. We also investigate the geometry of the “uncertainty region” in the N ( 2 N + 1 ) -dimensional space of moments. It is shown to be a convex set, and the points on its boundary are found to be in one-to-one correspondence with pure Gaussian states of minimal uncertainty. For a single degree of freedom, the boundary can be visualized as one sheet of a “Lorentz-invariant” hyperboloid in the three-dimensional space of second moments.

Keywords: quantum uncertainty; convexity; entanglement detection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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