Time-inhomogeneous Quantum Markov Chains with Decoherence on Finite State Spaces

arXiv2012.05449MaRDI QIDQ6355708FDOQ6355708

Authors: C. H. Chou, Wei-Shih Yang 

Publication date: 9 December 2020

Abstract: We introduce and study time-inhomogeneous quantum Markov chains with parameter $zetage0$ and decoherence parameter $0leqpleq1$ on finite spaces and their large scale equilibrium properties. Here $zeta$ resembles the inverse temperature in the annealing random process and $p$ is the decoherence strength of the quantum system. Numerical evaluations show that if $zeta$ is small, then quantum Markov chain is ergodic for all $0<ple1$ and if $zeta$ is large, then it has multiple limiting distributions for all $0<ple1$. In this paper, we prove the ergodic property in the high temperature region $0lezetale1$. We expect that the phase transition occurs at the critical point $zet{a}_c=1$. For coherence case $p=0$, a critical behavior of periodicity also appears at critical point $zet{a}_o=2$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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