Asymptotic expansions of Laplace integrals for quantum state tomography

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-51298-3_12zbMATH Open1414.62078arXiv1607.00948OpenAlexW2464797457MaRDI QIDQ5378459FDOQ5378459

Pierre Rouchon, Pierre Six

Publication date: 29 May 2019

Published in: Feedback Stabilization of Controlled Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Bayesian estimation of a mixed quantum state can be approximated via maximum likelihood (MaxLike) estimation when the likelihood function is sharp around its maximum. Such approximations rely on asymptotic expansions of multi-dimensional Laplace integrals. When this maximum is on the boundary of the integration domain, as it is the case when the MaxLike quantum state is not full rank, such expansions are not standard. We provide here such expansions, even when this maximum does not belong to the smooth part of the boundary, as it is the case when the rank deficiency exceeds two. These expansions provide, aside the MaxLike estimate of the quantum state, confidence intervals for any observable. They confirm the formula proposed and used without precise mathematical justifications by the authors in an article recently published in Physical Review A.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.00948

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point estimation (62F10) Observability (93B07)

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• Feynman integral and perturbation theory in quantum tomography

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