27 research outputs found
Symmetries, group actions, and entanglement
We address several problems concerning the geometry of the space of Hermitian
operators on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space, in particular the geometry of
the space of density states and canonical group actions on it. For quantum
composite systems we discuss and give examples of measures of entanglement.Comment: 21 page
Tensorial description of quantum mechanics
Relevant algebraic structures for the description of Quantum Mechanics in the
Heisenberg picture are replaced by tensorfields on the space of states. This
replacement introduces a differential geometric point of view which allows for
a covariant formulation of quantum mechanics under the full diffeomorphism
group.Comment: 8 page
Reduction of Lie--Jordan algebras: Quantum
In this paper we present a theory of reduction of quantum systems in the
presence of symmetries and constraints. The language used is that of
Lie--Jordan Banach algebras, which are discussed in some detail together with
spectrum properties and the space of states. The reduced Lie--Jordan Banach
algebra is characterized together with the Dirac states on the physical algebra
of observables
Classical Tensors and Quantum Entanglement I: Pure States
The geometrical description of a Hilbert space asociated with a quantum
system considers a Hermitian tensor to describe the scalar inner product of
vectors which are now described by vector fields. The real part of this tensor
represents a flat Riemannian metric tensor while the imaginary part represents
a symplectic two-form. The immersion of classical manifolds in the complex
projective space associated with the Hilbert space allows to pull-back tensor
fields related to previous ones, via the immersion map. This makes available,
on these selected manifolds of states, methods of usual Riemannian and
symplectic geometry. Here we consider these pulled-back tensor fields when the
immersed submanifold contains separable states or entangled states. Geometrical
tensors are shown to encode some properties of these states. These results are
not unrelated with criteria already available in the literature. We explicitly
deal with some of these relations.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phy
Segre maps and entanglement for multipartite systems of indistinguishable particles
We elaborate the concept of entanglement for multipartite system with bosonic
and fermionic constituents and its generalization to systems with arbitrary
parastatistics. The entanglement is characterized in terms of generalized Segre
maps, supplementing thus an algebraic approach to the problem by a more
geometric point of view.Comment: 16 pages, the version to appear in J. Phys. A. arXiv admin note: text
overlap with arXiv:1012.075
Convex bodies of states and maps
We give a general solution to the question when the convex hulls of orbits of
quantum states on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space under unitary actions of a
compact group have a non-empty interior in the surrounding space of all density
states. The same approach can be applied to study convex combinations of
quantum channels. The importance of both problems stems from the fact that,
usually, only sets with non-vanishing volumes in the embedding spaces of all
states or channels are of practical importance. For the group of local
transformations on a bipartite system we characterize maximally entangled
states by properties of a convex hull of orbits through them. We also compare
two partial characteristics of convex bodies in terms of largest balls and
maximum volume ellipsoids contained in them and show that, in general, they do
not coincide. Separable states, mixed-unitary channels and k-entangled states
are also considered as examples of our techniques.Comment: 18 pages, 1 figur
Classical Tensors and Quantum Entanglement II: Mixed States
Invariant operator-valued tensor fields on Lie groups are considered. These
define classical tensor fields on Lie groups by evaluating them on a quantum
state. This particular construction, applied on the local unitary group
U(n)xU(n), may establish a method for the identification of entanglement
monotone candidates by deriving invariant functions from tensors being by
construction invariant under local unitary transformations. In particular, for
n=2, we recover the purity and a concurrence related function (Wootters 1998)
as a sum of inner products of symmetric and anti-symmetric parts of the
considered tensor fields. Moreover, we identify a distinguished entanglement
monotone candidate by using a non-linear realization of the Lie algebra of
SU(2)xSU(2). The functional dependence between the latter quantity and the
concurrence is illustrated for a subclass of mixed states parametrized by two
variables.Comment: 23 pages, 4 figure