ANOMALOUS QUANTUM STATES IN FINITE MACROSCOPIC SYSTEMS

DOI10.1142/S0219749903000425zbMATH Open1074.81506arXivquant-ph/0311176OpenAlexW1979152571MaRDI QIDQ4819293FDOQ4819293

Authors: Akira Shimizu, Takayuki Miyadera, Akihisa Ukena 

Publication date: 24 September 2004

Published in: International Journal of Quantum Information (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider finite macroscopic systems, i.e., systems of large but finite degrees of freedom, which we believe are poorly understood as compared with small systems and infinite systems. We focus on pure states that do not have the `cluster property.' Such a pure state is entangled macroscopically, and is quite anomalous in view of many-body physics because it does not approach any pure state in the infinite-size limit. However, we often encounter such anomalous states when studying finite macroscopic systems, such as quantum computers with many qubits and finite systems that will exhibit symmetry breaking in the infinite-size limit. We study stabilities of such anomalous states in general systems. In contrast to the previous works, we obtain general and universal results, by making full use of the locality of the theory. Using the general results, we discuss roles of anomalous states in quantum computers, and the mechanism of emergence of a classical world from quantum theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0311176

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zbMATH Keywords

entanglementfluctuationdecoherenceCluster property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Cites Work

• Extreme quantum entanglement in a superposition of macroscopically distinct states
• Symmetry breaking and finite-size effects in quantum many-body systems

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