Entanglement enhanced thermometry in the detection of the Unruh effect

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2017.01.011MaRDI QIDQ2398347zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Zehua Tian, Jie-Ci Wang, Jiliang Jing, Andrzej Dragan

Publication date 16 August 2017

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.01122

zbMATH Keywords

open quantum systemquantum state discriminationUnruh effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: We show how the use of entanglement can enhance the precision of the detection of the Unruh effect with an accelerated probe. We use the Unruh-DeWitt model of a two-level atom interacting relativistically with a quantum field and treat the atom as an open quantum system to derive the master equation governing its evolution. By means of quantum state discrimination, we detect the accelerated motion of the atom by examining its time evolving state. It turns out that the optimal strategy for the detection of the Unruh effect, to which the accelerated atom is sensitive, involves letting the atom-thermometer equilibrate with the thermal bath. However, introducing initial entanglement between the detector and an external degree of freedom leads to an enhancement of the sensitivity of the detector. Also, the maximum precision is attained within finite time, before equilibration takes place.

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