Analytic Formulas for Quantum Discord of Special Families of N-Qubit States

Abstract

Quantum discord, a key indicator of non-classical correlations in bipartite systems, has been recently extended to multipartite scenarios [Phys. Rev. Lett. 2020, 124:110401]. We present exact analytic formulas for the quantum discord of special families of N-qubit states, including generalized class of GHZ states. Our formulations span $2$, $3$, $4n$, $4n+1$, $4n+2$, and $4n+3$-qubit configurations where $n\in 1,2,\dots$, which refine the assessment of quantum correlations and provide an analytical tool in quantum computation. Moreover, we uncover a ``discord freezing'' in even-qubit systems under phase flip decoherence which provides a means for preserving quantum coherence in environmental perturbations.

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