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The authors thank the Madrid regional government, Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, for the project Quantum Information Technologies (Project No. QUITEMAD-CM P2018/TCS-4342). The work of L.R. was supported by Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Grant No. PGC2018-094583-B-I00.
Two-orbital quantum discord in fermion systems
Publicated to:Physical Review a. 103 (3): 32426- - 2021-03-19 103(3), DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.103.032426
Authors: Faba, Javier; Martin, Vicente; Robledo, Luis;
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Abstract
A simple expression to compute the quantum discord between two orbitals in fermion systems is derived using the parity superselection rule. As the correlation between orbitals depends on the basis chosen, we discuss a special orbital basis, the natural one. We show that quantum correlations between natural orbital pairs disappear when the pairing tensor is zero, i.e., the particle number symmetry is preserved. The Hartree-Fock orbitals within a Slater determinant state, Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov quasiparticle orbitals in a quasiparticle vacuum, or the ground state of a Hamiltonian with particle symmetry and their corresponding natural orbitals are some relevant examples of natural bases and their corresponding states. Since natural orbitals have that special property, we seek the quantum discord in non-natural orbital bases. We analyze our findings in the context of the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick and Agassi models.
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The work has been published in the journal Physical Review a due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.12, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
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- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 6.03 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-06, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 5
- Scopus: 16
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There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (FABA GARCIA, JAVIER) and Last Author (ROBLEDO MARTIN, LUIS MIGUEL).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been FABA GARCIA, JAVIER.