A geometric framework for mixed quantum states based on a Kähler structure

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/25/255301zbMATH Open1319.81020arXiv1503.00238OpenAlexW1554032200MaRDI QIDQ5263958FDOQ5263958

Authors: Hoshang Heydari 

Publication date: 20 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum mechanics is among the most important and successful mathematical model for describing our physical reality. The traditional formulation of quantum mechanics is linear and algebraic. In contrast classical mechanics is a geometrical and non-linear theory that is defined on a symplectic manifold. However, after invention of general relativity, we are convinced that geometry is physical and effect us in all scale. Hence the geometric formulation of quantum mechanics sought to give a unified picture of physical systems based on its underling geometrical structures, e.g., now, the states are represented by points of a symplectic manifold with a compatible Riemannian metric, the observables are real-valued functions on the manifold, and the quantum evolution is governed by a symplectic flow that is generated by a Hamiltonian function. In this work we will give a compact introduction to main ideas of geometric formulation of quantum mechanics. We will provide the reader with the details of geometrical structures of both pure and mixed quantum states. We will also discuss and review some important applications of geometric quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00238

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum informationgeometric quantum mechanicsmixed quantum statesKähler manifoldsymeplectic geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kähler manifolds (32Q15) Polar geometry, symplectic spaces, orthogonal spaces (51A50) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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