Geometry of density matrix states

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVA.78.042108MaRDI QIDQ4903153zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. J. Boya, Kuldeep Dixit

Publication date 19 January 2013

Published in Physical Review A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1930

zbMATH Keywords

finite quantum systemmixed states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10)

Abstract: We reconsider the geometry of pure and mixed states in a finite quantum system. The rangesof eigenvalues of the density matrices delimit a regular simplex (Hypertetrahedron TN) in any dimension N; the polytope isometry group is the symmetric group SN+1, and splits TN in chambers, the orbits of the states under the projective group PU(N + 1). The type of states correlates with the vertices, edges, faces, etc. of the polytope, with the vertices making up a base of orthogonal pure states. The entropy function as a measure of the purity of these states is also easily calculable; we draw and consider some isentropic surfaces. The Casimir invariants acquire then also a more transparent interpretation.

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