https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14399-0
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Nonlocal correlation in quantum network near a Schwarzschild black hole
1
Department of Mathematics, Taiyuan University of Technology, 030024, Taiyuan, People’s Republic of China
2
College of General Education, Shanxi College of Technology, 036000, Shuozhou, People’s Republic of China
a
hekan@tyut.edu.cn
b
yangshuyuan2000@163.com
Received:
24
March
2025
Accepted:
2
June
2025
Published online:
18
June
2025
We transfer the scenario of quantum network nonlocal correlation to the vicinity of a black hole’s event horizon, aiming to evaluate the impact of Hawking effect on network nonlocality within this specific context. In an entanglement swapping network with two bipartite resources and three parties, we examine two scenarios with distinct Hawking radiation locations: one where it affects the endpoint parties’ system and another where it impacts all parties’ system. In both cases, network nonlocality decays due to Hawking radiation and disappears entirely when the Hawking temperature reaches a critical threshold. However, we observe a striking phenomenon: when resource states are maximally entangled and the affected system belongs to the endpoint participants, network nonlocality diminishes but does not vanish throughout the radiation process. Subsequently, we extend our investigation to star and chain networks to evaluate how resource quantity and distribution influence network nonlocality under Hawking radiation. Our results indicate that star networks exhibit greater resilience against Hawking radiation in maintaining nonlocality.
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