Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: We investigate universal entanglement properties inherent to superpositions of randomized states. We find that an $m$-fold superposition of typical states may be classified into two distinct entanglement classes via the 2nd Rényi entropy density $s_2$. The maximally entangled regime is defined by $s_2 \sim \ln (2)$, for which superposition adds no additional entanglement. The sub-maximally entangled regime, $s_2<\ln 2$, instead constrains the reduced density matrices of independent components to be orthogonal in the thermodynamic limit, which fixes the entanglement of the superposition to a logarithmic enhancement $ΔS(m)=\ln (m)$. As a consequence, an exponentially large number of superpositions is required to transition from the sub-maximally entangled class to maximal entanglement. We explicitly calculate $s_2$ and the logarithmic enhancement, and demonstrate orthogonality for two canonical examples of the sub-maximally entangled regime (superpositions of pure Gaussian states and of random matrix-product states). We also examine the entanglement of superpositions of random stabilizer states, and discuss their relaxation to the Haar limit.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Quinn, Damien, Heath, Joshuah T., Kells, Graham
Institution: National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Topic: Quantum many-body systems
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7167674144
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