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Random pure states: quantifying bipartite entanglement beyond the linear statistics

arXiv:1602.01230 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.93.052106

Abstract

We analyze the properties of entangled random pure states of a quantum system partitioned into two smaller subsystems of dimensions and . Framing the problem in terms of random matrices with a fixed-trace constraint, we establish, for arbitrary , a general relation between the -point densities and the cross-moments of the eigenvalues of the reduced density matrix, i.e. the so-called Schmidt eigenvalues, and the analogous functionals of the eigenvalues of the Wishart-Laguerre ensemble of the random matrix theory. This allows us to derive explicit expressions for two-level densities, and also an exact expression for the variance of von Neumann entropy at finite . Then we focus on the moments of the Schmidt number , the reciprocal of the purity. This is a random variable supported on , which quantifies the number of degrees of freedom effectively contributing to the entanglement. We derive a wealth of analytical results for for and and arbitrary , and also for square systems by spotting for the latter a connection with the probability that the smallest eigenvalue of a matrix belonging to the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble is larger than . As a byproduct, we present an exact asymptotic expansion for for finite as . Our results are corroborated by numerical simulations whenever possible, with excellent agreement.

22 pages, 8 figures. Minor changes, typos fixed. Accepted for publication in PRE

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