Tradeoff between extractable mechanical work, accessible entanglement, and ability to act as a reference system, under arbitrary superselection rules

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Vaccaro, JA
Anselmi, F
Wiseman, HM
Jacobs, K
Year published
2008
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Superselection rules (SSRs) limit the mechanical and quantum processing resources represented by quantum states. However, SSRs can be violated using reference systems to break the underlying symmetry. We show that there is a duality between the ability of a system to do mechanical work and to act as a reference system. Further, for a bipartite system in a globally symmetric pure state, we find a triality between the system's ability to do local mechanical work, its ability to do "logical work" due to its accessible entanglement, and its ability to act as a shared reference system.Superselection rules (SSRs) limit the mechanical and quantum processing resources represented by quantum states. However, SSRs can be violated using reference systems to break the underlying symmetry. We show that there is a duality between the ability of a system to do mechanical work and to act as a reference system. Further, for a bipartite system in a globally symmetric pure state, we find a triality between the system's ability to do local mechanical work, its ability to do "logical work" due to its accessible entanglement, and its ability to act as a shared reference system.
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Journal Title
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
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77
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© 2008 American Physical Society. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version.
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Mathematical sciences
Physical sciences
Chemical sciences