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View SchemaIntroducing Quantum Discord
| Authors | Harold Ollivier, Wojciech H. Zurek |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0105072 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105072 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.017901 |
Abstract
Two classically identical expressions for the mutual information generally differ when the two systems involved are quantum. We investigate this difference -- quantum discord -- and show that it can be used as a criterion for the classicality of the correlations. We also show that quantum discord can be used for describing the selection of the preferred, effectively classical, pointer states.
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