Epistemic Entanglement due to Non-generating Partitions of Classical Dynamical Systems

Quantum entanglement relies on the fact that pure quantum states are dispersive and often inseparable. Since pure classical states are dispersion-free they are always separable and cannot be entangled. However, entanglement is possible for epistemic, dispersive classical states. We show how such epi...

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Published in:International journal of theoretical physics 2013-03, Vol.52 (3), p.723-734
Main Authors: beim Graben, Peter, Filk, Thomas, Atmanspacher, Harald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Elementary Particles
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Theoretical
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Summary:Quantum entanglement relies on the fact that pure quantum states are dispersive and often inseparable. Since pure classical states are dispersion-free they are always separable and cannot be entangled. However, entanglement is possible for epistemic, dispersive classical states. We show how such epistemic entanglement arises for epistemic states of classical dynamical systems based on phase space partitions that are not generating. We compute epistemically entangled states for two coupled harmonic oscillators.
ISSN:0020-7748
1572-9575
DOI:10.1007/s10773-012-1381-6