New inequalities for tomograms in the probability representation of quantum states

We discuss new inequalities for symplectic tomograms of quantum states and their connection with entropic uncertainty relations in the framework of the probability representation of quantum mechanics. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 152, No. 2, pp. 241–247, August, 2007.     

A pure quantum mechanical theory of parity effect in tunneling and evolution of spins

In recent years, the spin parity effect in magnetic macroscopic quantum tunneling has attracted extensive attention. Using the spin coherent-state path-integral method it is shown that if the HamiltonianH of a single-spin system hasM - fold rotational symmetry around z-axis, the tunneling amplitude 〈−S|e ^Ht |S〉 vanishes when S, the quantum number of spin, is not an integer multiple ofM/2, where |m〉 (m=-S, -S +1, ⋯, S) are the eigenstates of S^z. Not only is a pure quantum mechanical approach adopted to the above result, but also is extended to more general cases where the quantum system consists ofN spins, the quantum numbers of which can take any values, including the single-spin system, ferromagnetic particle and antiferromagnetic particle as particular instances, and where the states involved are not limited to the extreme ones. The extended spin parity effect is that if the Hamiltonian ℋ of the system ofN spins also has the above symmetry, then 〈m′_N⋯m′₂ m′₁|e^{−H t} |m ₁ m ₂⋯m _N vanishes when ∑ _i=1 ^N (m _i−m′₁) not an integer multiple ofM, where |m ₁ m ₂⋯m _N〉=∏ _α=1 ^N |m _a 〉 are the eigenstates of S _a ^z . In addition, it is argued that for large spin the above result, the so-called spin parity effect, does not mean the quenching of spin tunneling from the direction of ⊕-z to that of ±z. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 19674002, 19677101).     

The possibility of reconciling quantum mechanics with classical probability theory

We describe a scheme for constructing quantum mechanics in which a quantum system is considered as a collection of open classical subsystems. This allows using the formal classical logic and classical probability theory in quantum mechanics. Our approach nevertheless allows completely reproducing the standard mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics and identifying its applicability limits. We especially attend to the quantum state reduction problem. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 149, No. 3, pp. 457–472, December, 2006.     

Nonparametric estimation of the purity of a quantum state in quantum homodyne tomography with noisy data

The aim of this paper is to answer an important issue in quantum mechanics, namely to estimate the purity of a quantum state of a light beam. Estimation of the purity is based on the results of quantum homodyne measurements performed on independent identically prepared quantum systems. The quantum state of the light is entirely characterized by the Wigner function, which can take negative values and must satisfy certain constraints of positivity imposed by quantum physics. We estimate the integrated squared Wigner function by a kernel-based second order U — statistic. This quadratic functional is a physical measure of the purity of the state. We also give an adaptive estimator, which does not depend on the smoothness parameters. We establish upper bounds of the minimax risk over a class of infinitely differentiable functions.      

Resonances and tunneling in a quantum wire

We consider a problem in mathematical scattering theory related to the ballistic conductance model. The model under investigation describes the charge propagation in a quantum wire. We assume that the charge carrier has a spin and take the Rashba spin-orbital interaction into account. We study the conductance resonances generated by the weak quantum-wire interaction with the quasistationary state of a parallel-connected quantum dot or with the tunneling through a series-connected quantum dot. Such a quantum dot is usually the control element. We present sufficient conditions for the spatial symmetry of the system to ensure that the quasistationary state of the quantum dot generates a conductance resonance. We assume that the conductance is related to the scattering matrix by the Landauer formula. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 147, No. 1, pp. 92–102, April, 2006.     

Evolution of probability measures associated with quantum systems

We derive the evolution equation for probability distributions and characteristic functions of the quantum tomograms associated with the linear and nonlinear evolutions of quantum states.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 2, pp. 365–370, February, 2005.     

An analogue of Hunt's representation theorem in quantum probability

In quantum mechanics certain operator-valued measures are introduced, called instruments, which are an analogue of the probability measures of classical probability theory. As in the classical case, it is interesting to study convolution semigroups of, instruments on groups and the associated semigroups of probability operators, which now are defined on spaces of functions with values in a von Neumann algebra. We consider a semigroup of probability operators with a continuity property weaker than uniform continuity, and we succeed in characterizing its infinitesimal generator under the additional hypothesis that twice differentiable functions belong to the domain of the generator. Such hypothesis can be proved in some particular cases. In this way a partial quantum analogue of Hunt's representation theorem for the generator of convolution semigroups on Lie groups is obtained. Our result provides also a closed characterization of generators of a new class of not norm continuous quantum dynamical semigroups.     

Quantum double constructions for compact quantum group

For a non-degenerate pair of compact quantum groups, we first construct the quantum double as an algebraic compact quantum group in an algebraic framework. Then by adopting some completion procedure, we give the universal and reduced quantum double constructions in the correspondence C＊-algebraic settings, which generalize Drinfeld＇s quantum double construction and yield new C＊-algebraic compact quantum groups.     

Non-homogeneous quantum Markov states and quantum Markov fields

The program relative to the investigation of quantum Markov states for general one-dimensional spin models is carried on, following a strategy developed in the last years. In such a way, the emerging structure is fully clarified. This analysis is a starting point for the solution of the basic (still open) problem concerning the construction of a satisfactory theory of quantum Markov fields, i.e. quantum Markov processes with multi-dimensional indices.     

Vertex representation of quantum N-toroidal algebra for type F4

Abstract

Recently Gao-Jing-Xia-Zhang defined the structures of quantum N-toroidal algebras uniformally, which are a kind of natural generalizations of the classical quantum toroidal algebras, just like the relation between 2-toroidal Lie algebras and N-toroidal Lie algebras. Based on this work, we construct a level-one vertex representation of quantum N-toroidal algebra for type F₄. In particular, we can also obtain a level-one vertex representation of quantum toroidal algebra for type F₄ as our special cases.     

Classical and quantum integrability of Hamiltonians without scattering states

We establish that every quantum Hamiltonian without scattering states has a complete family of conserved quantities independently of the dimension of the system. This result leads to a comparison of the general properties of classical and quantum integrable systems. We discuss several relevant examples and an application to the statistical distribution of energies. As a spin-off, we obtain additional support for the Berry-Tabor conjecture without taking the semiclassical limit into account. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 148, No. 2, pp. 249–268, August, 2006.     

ABC formula and R-operation for quantum processes with unstable states

For a wide class of Hamiltonians used in quantum field theory and statistical physics, we obtain an explicit formula describing the behavior of the vacuum expectation of the evolution operator on large, but finite, time intervals. This formula also holds for processes with unstable states. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 149, No. 2, pp. 183–201, November, 2006.     

The von Neumann entropy and unitary equivalence of quantum states

K. He, J. Hou and M. Li have recently given a sufficient and necessary condition for unitary equivalence of quantum states. This condition is based on the von Neumann entropy. In this note, we first give a short proof of their result, and then we improve it.     

Normal form of a quantum Hamiltonian with one and a half degrees of freedom near a hyperbolic fixed point

According to classical result of Moser [1] a real-analytic Hamiltonian with one and a half degrees of freedom near a hyperbolic fixed point can be reduced to the normal form by a real-analytic symplectic change of variables. In this paper the result is extended to the case of the non-commutative algebra of quantum observables.We use an algebraic approach in quantum mechanics presented in [2] and develop it to the non-autonomous case. We introduce the notion of quantum non-autonomous canonical transformations and prove that they form a group and preserve the structure of the Heisenberg equation. We give the concept of a non-commutative normal form and prove that a time-periodic quantum observable with one degree of freedom near a hyperbolic fixed point can be reduced to a normal form by a canonical transformation. Unlike traditional results, where only formal theory of normal forms is constructed, we prove a convergence of the normalizing procedure.      

Spiraling attractors and quantum dynamics for a class of long-range magnetic fields

We consider the long time behavior of a quantum particle in a 2D magnetic field which is homogeneous of degree −1. If the field never vanishes, above a certain energy the associated classical dynamical system has a globally attracting periodic orbit in a reduced phase space. For that energy regime, we construct a simple approximate evolution based on this attractor, and prove that it completely describes the quantum dynamics of our system.     

The asymptotic probability distribution of the relative distance of additive quantum codes

For given information rate R, it is proved as n tends to infinite, that almost all additive ?n,n⋅R? quantum codes (pure and impure) are the codes with their relative distance tending to h⁻¹(1−R), where is an entropy function.     

Stationary Schrödinger equations governing electronic states of quantum dots in the presence of spin-orbit splitting

In this work we derive a pair of nonlinear eigenvalue problems corresponding to the one-band effective Hamiltonian accounting for the spin-orbit interaction governing the electronic states of a quantum dot. We show that the pair of nonlinear problems allows for the minmax characterization of its eigenvalues under certain conditions which are satisfied for our example of a cylindrical quantum dot and the common InAs/GaAs heterojunction. Exploiting the minmax property we devise an efficient iterative projection method simultaneously handling the pair of nonlinear problems and thereby saving about 25% of the computation time as compared to the Nonlinear Arnoldi method applied to each of the problems separately.     

Stability results for uniquely determined sets from two directions in discrete tomography

In this paper we prove several new stability results for the reconstruction of binary images from two projections. We consider an original image that is uniquely determined by its projections and possible reconstructions from slightly different projections. We show that for a given difference in the projections, the reconstruction can only be disjoint from the original image if the size of the image is not too large. We also prove an upper bound for the size of the image given the error in the projections and the size of the intersection between the image and the reconstruction.