Thermal entanglement in a four-qubit Heisenberg spin model with external magnetic fields

The entanglement properties both in the four-qubit anisotropic Heisenberg XY chain with uniform external magnetic fields and in the Heisenberg XX model with two external fields are investigated. The analytical expressions for the measures of entanglement are obtained. In Heisenberg XY chain, the effects of the anisotropy on the thermal entanglement are studied. In the Heisenberg XX ring with two external fields, it is found that a high pair entanglement can be obtained.