Correlation Effects in the Moshinsky Model

Abstract

We investigate quantum correlations in the ground state of the Moshinsky model formed by N harmonically interacting particles confined in a harmonic potential. The model is solvable which allows an exact determination of entanglement between the subset of p particles and the remaining N - p particles. We study linear entropies and von Neumann entropies of the bipartitions and compare their behavior with that of the relative correlation energy and of the statistical Kutzelnigg coefficient. © 2012 The Author(s).