Typical response of quantum pure states

DOI10.1140/EPJB/E2013-40023-6MaRDI QIDQ6135270zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Barbara Fresch, Giorgio J. Moro

Publication date 26 July 2023

Published in The European Physical Journal B. Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.4625

zbMATH Keywords

statistical and nonlinear physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum control (81Q93) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

Abstract: The response of a quantum system in a pure state to an external force is investigated by reconsidering the standard statistical approach to quantum dynamics on the light of the statistical description of equilibrium based on typicality. We prove that the response of the large majority of quantum pure states subjected to the same arbitrary external perturbation tends to be close to the statistical response as the dimension of the Hilbert space increases. This is what we can term dynamical typicality. The theoretical analysis is substantiated by numerical simulations of the response of a spin system to a sudden quench of the external magnetic field. For the considered system we show that not only the system relaxes toward a new equilibrium state after the quench of the Hamiltonian but also that such a new equilibrium is compatible with the description of a thermal equilibrium.

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