Generation and degree of entanglement in a relativistic formulation

Abstract

The generation of entangled states and their degree of entanglement is studied ab initio in a relativistic formulation for the case of two interacting spin-1/2 charged particles. In the realm of quantum electrodynamics we derive the interaction that produces entanglement between the spin components of covariant Dirac spinors describing the two particles. Following this consistent approach the relativistic invariance of the generated entanglement is discussed.

4 pages, 1 figure, REVTEX. Main results preserved, corrections introduced in the derivation of the spin-spin interaction