Phys. Rev. A 80, 052304 (2009) [5 pages]Quantum discord between relatively accelerated observersReceived 20 May 2009; published 4 November 2009 We calculate the quantum discord between two free modes of a scalar field, which start in a maximally entangled state and then undergo a relative constant acceleration. In a regime where there is no distillable entanglement due to the Unruh effect, we show that there is a finite amount of quantum discord, which is a measure of purely quantum correlations in a state over and above quantum entanglement. Even in the limit of infinite acceleration of the observer detecting one of the modes, we provide evidence for a nonzero amount of purely quantum correlations. We discuss our result in the context of secure quantum communications involving eavesdroppers in noninertial frames. © 2009 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052304
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.80.052304
PACS:
03.67.Mn, 04.62.+v
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