Unitary Evolution between Pure and Mixed States

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.76.1192MaRDI QIDQ4492396zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

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Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9504019

zbMATH Keywords

density matrixwave operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: We propose an extended quantum mechanical formalism that is based on a wave operator $vr$, which is related to the ordinary density matrix via $ho=vrv{r}^{d}agger$. This formalism allows a (generalized) unitary evolution between pure and mixed states. It also preserves much of the connection between symmetries and conservation laws. The new formalism is illustrated for the case of a two level system.

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