Random pure quantum states via unitary Brownian motion

DOI10.1214/ECP.V18-2426zbMATH Open1337.60204arXiv1201.5333MaRDI QIDQ742990FDOQ742990

Ion Nechita, C. Pellegrini

Publication date: 22 September 2014

Published in: Electronic Communications in Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a new family of probability distributions on the set of pure states of a finite dimensional quantum system. Without any a priori assumptions, the most natural measure on the set of pure state is the uniform (or Haar) measure. Our family of measures is indexed by a time parameter $t$ and interpolates between a deterministic measure ($t=0$) and the uniform measure ($t=infty$). The measures are constructed using a Brownian motion on the unitary group $mathcal{U}_N$. Remarkably, these measures have a $mathcal{U}_{N-1}$ invariance, whereas the usual uniform measure has a $mathcal{U}_N$ invariance. We compute several averages with respect to these measures using as a tool the Laplace transform of the coordinates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5333

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zbMATH Keywords

stochastic differential equationsquantum information theoryquantum statesunitary Brownian motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Brownian motion (60J65) Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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