Generating random density matrices

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DOI10.1063/1.3595693zbMATH Open1317.81041arXiv1010.3570OpenAlexW1992996794WikidataQ112266940 ScholiaQ112266940MaRDI QIDQ5266033FDOQ5266033

Ion Nechita, Benoit Collins, K. A. Penson, Karol Życzkowski

Publication date: 29 July 2015

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

Abstract: We study various methods to generate ensembles of random density matrices of a fixed size N, obtained by partial trace of pure states on composite systems. Structured ensembles of random pure states, invariant with respect to local unitary transformations are introduced. To analyze statistical properties of quantum entanglement in bi-partite systems we analyze the distribution of Schmidt coefficients of random pure states. Such a distribution is derived in the case of a superposition of k random maximally entangled states. For another ensemble, obtained by performing selective measurements in a maximally entangled basis on a multi--partite system, we show that this distribution is given by the Fuss-Catalan law and find the average entanglement entropy. A more general class of structured ensembles proposed, containing also the case of Bures, forms an extension of the standard ensemble of structureless random pure states, described asymptotically, as N o infty, by the Marchenko-Pastur distribution.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.3570




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