Some aspects of the interplay between bipartite correlations and quantum channels

Abstract: This thesis explores ways in which quantum channels and correlations (of both classical and quantum types) manifest themselves, and also studies the interplay between these two aspects in various physical settings. Quantum channels represent all possible evolutions of states allowed by quantum mechanics while correlations are intrinsic (nonlocal) properties of composite systems. There are four main problems that are addressed (i) the role played by initial system-bath correlations on the subsystem dynamics of an open quantum system, (ii) computation of correlations for two-qubit X-states, (iii) the robustness of non-Gaussian entanglement under symmetric local noisy attenuator and amplifier channels, and finally, (iv) the connection between nonclassicality breaking and entanglement breaking for single-mode bosonic Gaussian channels.