Depurification by Lorentz boosts

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2004.07.001MaRDI QIDQ2425693zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Piotr Kosiński, Paweł Maślanka

Publication date 7 May 2008

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310145

zbMATH Keywords

Bloch vectorspin density matrixdepurification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99)

Abstract: We consider a particle of half-integer spin which is nonrelativistic in the rest frame. Assuming the particle is completely polarized along third axis we calculate the Bloch vector as seen by a moving observer. The result for its length is expressed in terms of dispersion of some vector operator linear in momentum. The relation with the localization properties is discussed.

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