https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14566-3
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
The influence of gravitational wave on tripartite quantum mutual information harvesting
Department of Physics, Liaoning Normal University, 116029, Dalian, China
Received:
21
May
2025
Accepted:
21
July
2025
Published online:
11
August
2025
We examine quantum mutual information (QMI) extraction through local interactions of three Unruh–DeWitt detectors with the vacuum massless scalar field, comparing scenarios with and without gravitational wave perturbations in Minkowski spacetime. Our analysis reveals that gravitational waves can either enhance or diminish tripartite QMI compared to the flat spacetime case, demonstrating their dual capacity to amplify or suppress tripartite QMI harvesting. A significant resonance phenomenon emerges when detector energy gaps match the gravitational wave frequency. Furthermore, when harvesting a certain amount of tripartite QMI, gravitational wave modifies the spatial parameters for effective tripartite QMI harvesting: the achievable separation range undergoes extension or contraction depending on three critical parameters-detector energy gap, gravitational wave frequency, and the duration of the gravitational wave interaction.
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