Automated computation of spin-density matrices and quantum observables for collider physics
摘要
We present a fully automated framework to compute production spin-density matrices for generic collider processes at tree level within MadGraph5_aMC@NLO. The method assembles helicity amplitudes into event-by-event production matrices. These are written to the LHE file in a compact form, together with run metadata, enabling direct post-processing of quantum observables. The implementation supports bi- and multipartite qubit and qutrit final states, configurable reference frames, and both polarised and unpolarised initial states. A companion, easy-to-extend library provides analysis routines to determine key quantum-information measures and witnesses. These include purity, concurrence, and entanglement of formation for qubits; Peres-Horodecki tests and negativity; spin-polarisation vectors and correlation matrices; D-coefficients; and stabiliser-based “magic” measures. As a result, multi-particle quantum correlations can be quantified systematically. We validate the implementation against known results for