Quantum Negativity & 4-Partite Entanglement of GHZ State

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The discussion centers on the computation of negativity for the density matrix of the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state, specifically in the context of 4-partite entanglement. The participant observes that the negativity consistently yields zero across all partitions, attributing this to the GHZ state's distillable entanglement being zero. They seek clarification on the definition of distillable entanglement and inquire about alternative measures for quantifying full 4-partite entanglement in GHZ states, particularly for their application in quantum state tomography.

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Problem quantifying the negativity of a 4-qubit GHZ state
When I computes the negativity (with the partial transpose) of the density matrix corresponding to the GHZ I obtain zero, no matter what is the partition I choose. I've read somewhere that this is because GHZ's distillable entanglement is zero, which I don't really understand because I haven't found a definition of this sort of entanglement.
I think that the reason that all the possible negativities give zero it is because the entanglement of the GHZ is solely when one considers the whole system (full 4-partite entanglement)
My question is (also if someone could explain what the distillable entanglement is): Is there a quantity I can compute on this GHZ state (and if possible on any 4-qubit state) that measures its amount of "full 4-partite entanglement"?
Thanks in advance.
 
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May be it is a good idea to give a little bit of context of the problem I am facing.
In few words, I am trying to reconstruct a GHZ state of 4-qbits by means of different tomography methods and, apart from computing the fidelities of the obtained estimators, I am really interested in seeing how these methods estimate the amount of entanglement.
But in order to do so I need a measure of the entangle that does not vanish for the GHZ just as negativity does (which really shocks me, because the GHZ is maximally entangled).
That's why I am asking for both a valid entanglement measure for my case of study and (may be just for curiosity) the reason why the negativity displays this behavior on the GHZ?
 

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