{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7220927746","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.08710","title":"Entanglement Sudden Death: Eberly's Work and the Limits of Local Dynamics","display_name":"Entanglement Sudden Death: Eberly's Work and the Limits of Local Dynamics","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-10-06","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7220927746","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.08710"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.08710","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08710","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08710","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"preprint","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["arxiv","datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08710","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011642942","display_name":"Abhaya S. Hegde","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-1040","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-1040"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I5388228","display_name":"University of Rochester","ror":"https://ror.org/022kthw22","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I5388228"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hegde, Abhaya S.","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Rochester , Rochester , New York 14627 , USA","University of Rochester Center for Coherence and Quantum Science , Rochester , New York 14627 , USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Rochester , Rochester , New York 14627 , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5388228"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Rochester Center for Coherence and Quantum Science , Rochester , New York 14627 , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I5388228"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061010111","display_name":"Songbo Xie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9136-9481","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9136-9481"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I137902535","display_name":"North Carolina State University","ror":"https://ror.org/04tj63d06","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xie, Songbo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27606 , USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina 27606 , USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I137902535"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10020","display_name":"Quantum Information and Cryptography","score":0.8939999938011169,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10020","display_name":"Quantum Information and Cryptography","score":0.8939999938011169,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10622","display_name":"Quantum Mechanics and Applications","score":0.094200000166893,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11804","display_name":"Quantum many-body systems","score":0.0024999999441206455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entanglement-sudden-death","display_name":"entanglement sudden death","score":1.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/genuine-multipartite-entanglement","display_name":"genuine multipartite entanglement","score":0.8899999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/open-quantum-systems","display_name":"open quantum systems","score":0.6710000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-dynamics","display_name":"local dynamics","score":0.5960000157356262},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/depolarization","display_name":"depolarization","score":0.8149999976158142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ghz-states","display_name":"GHZ states","score":0.921999990940094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/concurrence","display_name":"concurrence","score":0.8939999938011169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/entanglement-lifetime","display_name":"entanglement lifetime","score":0.609000027179718},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/thermodynamic-limit","display_name":"thermodynamic limit","score":0.8069999814033508}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121040770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215675","display_name":"Quantum entanglement","level":3,"score":0.8916000127792358},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71799126","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6934832","display_name":"Multipartite entanglement","level":5,"score":0.7649999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777843375","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5159090","display_name":"Concurrence","level":4,"score":0.6895999908447266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2993353509","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411867","display_name":"Sudden death","level":2,"score":0.6876999735832214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166733315","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6934831","display_name":"Multipartite","level":4,"score":0.6018999814987183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197657726","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174733","display_name":"Bipartite graph","level":3,"score":0.5548999905586243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121864883","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677916","display_name":"Statistical physics","level":1,"score":0.5037000179290771},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84114770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46344","display_name":"Quantum","level":2,"score":0.4880000054836273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.45570001006126404},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.44859999418258667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145912823","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113558","display_name":"Dynamics (music)","level":2,"score":0.4153999984264374},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4092000126838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32270708","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7582152","display_name":"Squashed entanglement","level":4,"score":0.38429999351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.3801000118255615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139676723","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193832","display_name":"Sign (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.3118000030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33332235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18362","display_name":"Theoretical physics","level":1,"score":0.30149999260902405},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2987000048160553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15706264","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230883","display_name":"Quantum state","level":3,"score":0.2948000133037567},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139356082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7269038","display_name":"Quantum discord","level":4,"score":0.28679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48103436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599031","display_name":"State (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.26809999346733093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143724316","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312468","display_name":"Series (stratigraphy)","level":2,"score":0.26579999923706055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61797465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1188986","display_name":"Term (time)","level":2,"score":0.25209999084472656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C20593774","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7958522","display_name":"W state","level":4,"score":0.250900000333786}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.08710","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08710","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08710","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2610.08710","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.08710","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.08710","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:arXiv.org:2610.08710","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.08710","pdf_url":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.08710","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":"2331-8422","issn":["2331-8422"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"text"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1541891105","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE-SC0025516","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","funder_display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3035020956","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"DE-SC0025516","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337480","funder_display_name":"Basic Energy Sciences"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306084","display_name":"U.S. Department of Energy","ror":"https://ror.org/01bj3aw27"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332359","display_name":"Office of Science","ror":"https://ror.org/00mmn6b08"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337480","display_name":"Basic Energy Sciences","ror":"https://ror.org/05mg91w61"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7220927746.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7220927746.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":1,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W191865967"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2039479009","https://openalex.org/W4303449145","https://openalex.org/W4385340938","https://openalex.org/W2605605110","https://openalex.org/W2059297548","https://openalex.org/W2003899686","https://openalex.org/W1993795179","https://openalex.org/W2082634099","https://openalex.org/W2044509895","https://openalex.org/W2319043832"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Entanglement":[0],"sudden":[1,116],"death":[2,117],"(ESD),":[3],"explored":[4],"through":[5],"a":[6,24,70,153,161],"series":[7],"of":[8,17,42,57,164,172,188],"works":[9],"by":[10,178],"Yu":[11],"and":[12,21,75,94],"Eberly,":[13],"supports":[14],"the":[15,29,40,54,66,124,137,157,170,179,186,189],"notion":[16],"entanglement":[18,86,174],"vanishing":[19],"abruptly":[20],"completely":[22],"at":[23,69],"finite":[25,71,154],"time,":[26],"even":[27],"when":[28],"underlying":[30],"open-system":[31],"dynamics":[32,98],"remain":[33,77],"smooth.":[34],"In":[35],"this":[36,131],"article,":[37],"we":[38,168],"revisit":[39],"development":[41],"ESD":[43,58,138],"from":[44],"bipartite":[45],"origins":[46],"to":[47,102],"genuine":[48],"multipartite":[49,85,173],"entanglement.":[50],"We":[51,79],"first":[52],"illustrate":[53],"canonical":[55],"mechanism":[56],"with":[59,123],"two":[60],"independently":[61],"damped":[62],"qubits,":[63],"for":[64,87,107],"which":[65],"concurrence":[67],"vanishes":[68],"time":[72,139],"while":[73],"populations":[74],"coherences":[76],"nonzero.":[78],"next":[80],"present":[81],"our":[82],"results":[83],"on":[84,185],"generalized":[88],"GHZ":[89,129],"states":[90],"under":[91,143,148],"depolarization.":[92],"Global":[93],"independent":[95,144],"local":[96,145,180],"depolarizing":[97],"can":[99,121],"be":[100],"chosen":[101],"produce":[103],"identical":[104],"reduced":[105],"evolution":[106,187],"every":[108],"individual":[109],"qubit,":[110],"yet":[111],"they":[112],"yield":[113],"different":[114],"genuine-multipartite-entanglement":[115],"times,":[118],"whose":[119],"ordering":[120],"reverse":[122],"initial":[125],"state.":[126,192],"For":[127],"N-qubit":[128],"states,":[130],"distinction":[132],"becomes":[133],"asymptotically":[134],"stronger":[135],"since":[136],"scales":[140],"as":[141],"1/N":[142],"depolarization,":[146],"whereas":[147],"global":[149],"depolarization":[150],"it":[151],"approaches":[152],"value":[155],"in":[156],"thermodynamic":[158],"limit.":[159],"Echoing":[160],"central":[162],"lesson":[163],"Prof.":[165],"Eberly's":[166],"work,":[167],"report":[169],"lifetime":[171],"is":[175],"not":[176],"fixed":[177],"dynamics,":[181],"but":[182],"rather":[183],"depends":[184],"joint":[190],"quantum":[191]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00"}