Quantum conditional operator and a criterion for separability

Abstract

We analyze the properties of the conditional amplitude operator, the quantum analog of the conditional probability which has been introduced in [quant-ph/9512022]. The spectrum of the conditional operator characterizing a quantum bipartite system is invariant under local unitary transformations and reflects its inseparability. More specifically, it is shown that the conditional amplitude operator of a separable state cannot have an eigenvalue exceeding 1, which results in a necessary condition for separability. This leads us to consider a related separability criterion based on the positive map $\Gamma :\rho \to (Tr\rho )-\rho$, where $\rho$ is an Hermitian operator. Any separable state is mapped by the tensor product of this map and the identity into a non-negative operator, which provides a simple necessary condition for separability. In the special case where one subsystem is a quantum bit, $\Gamma$ reduces to time-reversal, so that this separability condition is equivalent to partial transposition. It is therefore also sufficient for $2\times 2$ and $2\times 3$ systems. Finally, a simple connection between this map and complex conjugation in the "magic" basis is displayed.

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