Curves in quantum state space, geometric phases, and the brachistophase

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/ACDCD2MaRDI QIDQ6161392zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors C. Chryssomalakos, E. Guzmán-González, Eduardo Serrano-Ensástiga

Publication date 27 June 2023

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.07647

zbMATH Keywords

geometric phasesquantum kinematicsquantum spin states

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Plane and space curves (14H50) Differential geometric aspects in kinematics (53A17) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25)

Abstract: Given a curve in quantum spin state space, we inquire what is the relation between its geometry and the geometric phase accumulated along it. Motivated by Mukunda and Simon's result that geodesics (in the standard Fubini-Study metric) do not accumulate geometric phase, we find a general expression for the derivatives (of various orders) of the geometric phase in terms of the covariant derivatives of the curve. As an application of our results, we put forward the brachistophase problem: given a quantum state, find the (appropriately normalized) hamiltonian that maximizes the accumulated geometric phase after time $au$ - we find an analytical solution for all spin values, valid for small $au$. For example, the optimal evolution of a spin coherent state consists of a single Majorana star separating from the rest and tracing out a circle on the Majorana sphere.

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