Behavior of entanglement and Cooper pairs under relativistic boosts

Journal article

Recent work has shown how single-particle entangled states are transformed when boosted in relativistic frames for certain restricted geometries. Here we extend that work to consider completely general inertial boosts. We then apply our single-particle results to multiparticle entanglements by focusing on Cooper pairs of electrons. We show that a standard Cooper pair state consisting of a spin-singlet acquires spin-triplet components in a relativistically boosted inertial frame, regardless of the geometry. We also show that, if we start with a spin-triplet pair, two out of the three triplet states acquire a singlet component, the size of which depends on the geometry. This transformation between the different singlet and triplet superconducting pairs may lead to a better understanding of unconventional superconductivity. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Authors: Palge, V; Vedral, V; Dunningham, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
• Volume: 84
• Issue: 4
• Publication date: 2011-10-14
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.044303
• EISSN: 1094-1622
• ISSN: 1050-2947