Phenomenology of Entanglement  

Effects and Uses of Entanglement in General
* Applications: Entanglement of large objects enables "bulk" properties, like collective spin, to be "teleported;" Needed for quantum computers; Demonstrate non-locality.
@ Measurement: Chu gq/98 [detection]; D'Ariano et al qp/01; Macdonald IJTP(03); Herbut qp/03; Kindermann PRL(06) [many-fermion systems, experimentally accessible]; Brunner PRA(08) [naked-eye detection]; Gühne & Tóth PRP(09) [detection]; Brida et al a0907 [photon states, experimental estimation].
@ Distillation of entanglement: Horodecki3 PRL(00) [and irreversibility]; Lamata et al PRL(06)qp/05 [Lorentz invariance].
@ Entanglement percolation in a network: Acin et al NatPhys(07); Cuquet & Calsamiglia a0906 [complex quantum networks].
@ Other effects: von Borzeszkowski & Mensky PLA(01)gq [gravitational effects]; Klyachko & Shumovsky qp/03 [fluctuations]; Khasin & Kosloff PRA(05)qp [T-dependence]; Jordan et al a0704 [manipulating entanglement]; Bhatt et al PRA(08)-a0704 [sub-Planck structure in phase space]; Branciard et al a0911 [entanglement swapping and non-local correlations].
> Related topics: see correlations; cosmological constant; pilot-wave interpretation [entanglement exchange]; statistical mechanics [equilibrium].
> Applications: see neutrinos; Polymers; quantum-gravity phenomenology; quantum phase transitions; quantum computing and technology; superluminal communication.

Dynamics of Entanglement
@ General references: Zyczkowski et al PRA(02)qp/00; Zanardi PRA(01) [entanglement of evolution]; Giovannetti et al EPL(03)qp/02; Doronin PRA(03)qp; Suarez qp/03 [no time flow]; Durt qp/04 [and interactions]; Ghose & Sanders PRA(04)qp [chaotic systems]; Viguie et al NJP(05)qp [work extraction]; Batle et al PRA(05)qp [and speed of evolution]; Dahlsten et al JPA(07)qp [emergence in 2-party random process]; Lin & Hu PRD(09)-a0812 [field theory perspective]; Sciarrino et al PRA(09)-a0907 [entanglement localization].
@ Entanglement production: Cirac & Zoller PRL(95); Mølmer & Sørensen PRL(99); Sackett et al Nat(00)mar [4 particles]; Braun qp/05 [cmb]; Franson JMO(08)-a0704 [superluminal]; Abrey & Vallejos PRA(07) [bounds]; Harshman & Hutton PRA(08)-a0710 [1D particle scattering]; Ficek & Tanas PRA-a0802 [delayed]; Wechsler a0905; > s.a. stochastic processes.
@ Time evolution: Carvalho et al PRL(07) [open dynamics, optimal characterization]; Salles et al PRA(08)-a0804 [experimental]; Broadfoot et al a0906 [percolation in quantum networks]; Yu & Eberly a0906/OC [with environmental noise]; Tiersch et al a0909 [evolution equation].
@ Loss, disentanglement: Mor qp/98; Dodd & Halliwell PRA(04)qp/03, Carvalho et al PRL(04) [and decoherence]; Dodd PRA(04)qp/03 [dissipative open systems]; Rey et al cm/07 [noise-resistant entanglement]; Buscemi LNCS(08)-a0802 [irreversibility]; Maniscalco et al PRL(08) [protection, using Zeno effect]; Mann & Villalba PRA(09)-a0902 [degradation speed-up].
@ Sudden death: Almeida et al Sci(07)apr + pw(07)may; O Terra Cunha JNP(07); Al-Qasimi & James a0707; Ann & Jaeger PLA-a0707; Landulfo & Matsas a0907 [and acceleration, external force]; Yu & Eberly Sci(09)-a0910; > s.a. entangled systems [cavity QED].

Frame Dependence and Special Relativity
@ Observer dependence: Vecchi qp/01; Ortiz et al qp/04-in.
@ And special relativity: Gingrich & Adami PRL(02)qp [effect of motion]; Alsing & Milburn qp/02/PRA [Lorentz transformations]; Timpson & Brown qp/02-in [non-locality]; Ahn et al qp/03, PRA(03); Moffat IJMPD(04)qp/03; Schust et al FP(04) [3-particle]; > s.a. quantum locality.
@ Examples: Pachos & Solano QIC(03)qp/02 [spin-1/2 particles]; Harshman PRA(05)qp/04 [Bell-type 2-particle]; Jordan et al PRA(07) [spin-1/2 particles]; Ohkawa qp/07 [entangled causal relations?]; Lin & Hu a0910 [causally-disconnected objects].
@ Non-inertial frames: Alsing & Milburn PRL(03)qp; Alsing et al qp/03/JOB; Fuentes-Schuller & Mann PRL(05)qp/04 [and black holes]; Massar & Spindel PRD(06)ht [uniformly accelerated]; Ling et al JPA(07)qp/06 [electromagnetic fields]; Alsing et al PRA(06) [Dirac fields].


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