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Entanglement and nonlocality versus spontaneous emission in two-atom systems. (English) Zbl 1098.81739

Summary: We study evolution of entanglement of two two-level atoms in the presence of dissipation caused by spontaneous emission. We find explicit formulas for the amount of entanglement as a function of time, in the case of destruction of the initial entanglement and possible creation of a transient entanglement between atoms. We also discuss how spontaneous emission influences nonlocality of states expressed by violation of Bell-CHSH inequality. It is shown that evolving system very quickly becomes local, even if entanglement is still present or produced.

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81P15 Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations
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