Geometric phases for mixed states and decoherence

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DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2006.10.003zbMATH Open1117.81075arXivquant-ph/0610170OpenAlexW2062201280MaRDI QIDQ2373804FDOQ2373804


Authors: Kazuo Fujikawa Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 16 July 2007

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The gauge invariance of geometric phases for mixed states is analyzed by using the hidden local gauge symmetry which arises from the arbitrariness of the choice of the basis set defining the coordinates in the functional space. This approach gives a reformulation of the past results of adiabatic, non-adiabatic and mixed state geometric phases. The geometric phases are identified uniquely as the holonomy associated with the hidden local gauge symmetry which is an exact symmetry of the Schr"{o}dinger equation. The purification and its inverse in the description of de-coherent mixed states are consistent with the hidden local gauge symmetry. A salient feature of the present formulation is that the total phase and visibility in the mixed state, which are directly observable in the interference experiment, are manifestly gauge invariant.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610170




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