A Possible Generalization of the Bargmann Space

By virtue of the technique ofintegration within an ordered product of operators we show that the ordinary Bargmann space basis function zⁿ/√n! can be extended to two-variable Hermi te polynomials, the latter can span a generalized Bargmann space. The corresponding twomode Hermite polynomial states are thus introduced and their properties are investigated.     

The Quantum Measurement Problem and the Possible Role of the Gravitational Field

The quantum measurement problem and various unsuccessful attempts to resolve it are reviewed. A suggestion by Diosi and Penrose for the half-life of the quantum superposition of two Newtonian gravitational fields is generalized to an arbitrary quantum superposition of relativistic, but weak, gravitational fields. The nature of the collapse process of the wave function is examined.     

A Possible Origin of Quantum Correlations

We intend to eliminate the known conflict between relativity and quantum mechanics. We believe the “instant” correlation between entangled distant quantum particles can be explained by the fact that in a laboratory reference frame the photon traveling duration is positive and finite while its proper (in vacuum) traveling duration is equal to zero. In the latter case, any two events that are separated (in a laboratory reference frame) by an arbitrary finite distance can be considered as simultaneous ones. So, the photon nonlocal correlation turns out to be a relative property and may be explained like known twins paradox in relativity. In such a situation, any standard causal interaction between the correlated particles is absent in a laboratory reference frame; however, some specific mutual couple appears between them; this couple is strictly oscillating without some oriented energy or/and information transferring. We also motivate the basic hypothesis extension on quantum particles having nonzero masses.     

Bipartite Entanglement in the Two-Mode Quantum Kicked Top

We show that the bipartite entanglement in the two-mode quantum kicked top can reveal the underlying chaotic and regular structures in phase space： namely, the entanglement displays a rapid rise after a very short time for an initial spin coherent state centred in a chaotic region of the phase space, whereas the entanglement displays a periodic modulation for the coherent state centred at an elliptic fixed point. The quantum-classical correspondence is investigated by studying the mean and maximal linear entropy.     

A Possible Generalization of Jaynes-Cummings Model with Degenerate Spectrum

We propose a generalized Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) for three two-level atoms and three-mode radiation field with the interaction being H₁=λ(a₁⁺a₂⁺σ_1-σ_2-+a₂⁺a₃⁺σ_2-σ_3-+a₁⁺a₃⁺σ_1-σ_3-+H.C.). This model is characteristic of possessing partly degenerate spectrum. Some transition process of this system is calculated.     

Generalized Steering Robustness of Bipartite Quantum States

EPR steering is a kind of quantum correlation that is intermediate between entanglement and Bell nonlocality. In this paper, by recalling the definitions of unsteerability and steerability, some properties of them are given, e.g, it is proved that a local quantum channel transforms every unsteerable state into an unsteerable state. Second, a way of quantifying quantum steering, which we called the generalized steering robustness (GSR), is introduced and some interesting properties are established, including: (1) GSR of a state vanishes if and only if the state is unsteerable; (2) a local quantum channel does not increase GSR of any state; (3) GSR is invariant under each local unitary operation; (4) as a function on the state space, GSR is convex and lower-semi continuous. Lastly, by using the majorization between the reduced states of two pure states, GSR of the two pure states are compared, and it is proved that every maximally entangled state has the maximal GSR.     

Generalization of Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics

A generalization of supersymmetric quantummechanics can be obtained in two different ways usingthe theory of the q-deformation of the oscillatoralgebra, according to whether q is a root of unity ornot. In the first case the fractional supersymmetricquantum mechanic is between bosons and q-bosons. In thesecond case we obtain the deformed supersymmetricquantum mechanics by considering bosons and a deformed truncated oscillator algebra.     

On One Possible Generalization of the Regression Theorem

A general approach to derivation of formally exact closed time-local or time-nonlocal evolution equations for non-equilibrium multi-time correlations functions made of observables of an open quantum system interacting simultaneously with external time-dependent classical fields and dissipative environment is discussed. The approach allows for the subsequent treatment of these equations within a perturbative scheme assuming that the system-environment interaction is weak.     

Generalization of Drinfeld Quantum Affine Algebras

Drinfeld gave a current realization of the quantum affine algebras as a Hopf algebra with a simple comultiplication for the quantum current operators. In this Letter, we will present a generalization of such a realization of quantum Hopf algebras. As a special case, we will choose the structure functions for this algebra to be elliptic functions to derive certain elliptic quantum groups as a Hopf algebra, which degenerates into quantum affine algebras if we take certain degeneration of the structure functions.     

Expectation Values of Observables in Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics

Let U(t) be the evolution operator of the Schrödinger equation generated by a Hamiltonian of the form H ₀(t) + W(t), where H ₀(t) commutes for all twith a complete set of time-independent projectors . Consider the observable A=_j P _jjwhere _j j , >0, for jlarge. Assuming that the matrix elements of W(t) behave as for p>0 large enough, we prove estimates on the expectation value for large times of the type where >0 depends on pand . Typical applications concern the energy expectation H₀(t) in case H ₀(t) H ₀or the expectation of the position operator x²(t) on the lattice where W(t) is the discrete Laplacian or a variant of it and H ₀(t) is a time-dependent multiplicative potential.     

Quantum Marginal Inequalities and the Conjectured Entropic Inequalities

A conjecture – the modified super-additivity inequality of relative entropy – was proposed in Zhang et al. (Phys. Lett. A 377:1794–1796, 2013): There exist three unitary operators \(U_{A}\in \mathrm {U}(\mathcal {H}_{A}), U_{B}\in \mathrm {U}(\mathcal {H}_{B})\) , and \(U_{AB}\in \mathrm {U}(\mathcal {H}_{A}\otimes \mathcal {H}_{B})\) such that $$\mathrm{S}\left(U_{AB}\rho_{AB}U^{\dagger}_{AB}||\sigma_{AB}\right)\geqslant \mathrm{S}\left(U_{A}\rho_{A}U^{\dagger}_{A}||\sigma_{A}\right) + \mathrm{S}\left(U_{B}\rho_{B}U^{\dagger}_{B}||\sigma_{B}\right), $$ where the reference state σ is required to be full-ranked. A numerical study on the conjectured inequality is conducted in this note. The results obtained indicate that the modified super-additivity inequality of relative entropy seems to hold for all qubit pairs.     

Intrinsic Relations of Bipartite Quantum Resources in Tripartite Systems

Quantum resources play crucial roles for displaying superiority in many quantum communication and computation tasks. To reveal the intrinsic relations hidden in these quantum resources, many efforts have been made in recent years. In this work, the correlations of the tripartite W‐type states based on bipartite quantum resources are investigated. The inter‐relations among the degree of coherence, concurrence, Bell nonlocality, and purity are presented. Considering Bell nonlocal and Bell local (satisfied the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality) states for the two‐qubit subsystems derived from the tripartite W‐type states, exact lower and upper boundaries of the degree of coherence versus concurrence are obtained. Interestingly, exact relation among the degree of coherence, concurrence, and purity is obtained. Moreover, coherence is also closely related to entanglement in two specific scenarios: the tripartite W‐type state under decoherence and a practical system for a renormalized spin‐1/2 Heisenberg model.     

A Parallel Quantum Algorithm for the Satisfiability Problem

In this paper we present a classical parallel quantum algorithm for the satisfiability problem. We have exploited the classical parallelism of quantum algorithms developed in [G.L. Long and L. Xiao, Phys. Rev. A 69 （2004） 052303], so that additional acceleration can be gained by using classical parallelism. The quantum algorithm first estimates the number of solutions using the quantum counting algorithm, and then by using the quantum searching algorithm, the explicit solutions are found.     

Entanglement of Bipartite Quantum Systems Driven by Repeated Interactions

We consider a non-interacting bipartite quantum system $\mathcal H_S^A\otimes \mathcal H_S^B$ undergoing repeated quantum interactions with an environment modeled by a chain of independent quantum systems interacting one after the other with the bipartite system. The interactions are made so that the pieces of environment interact first with $\mathcal H_S^A$ and then with $\mathcal H_S^B$ . Even though the bipartite systems are not interacting, the interactions with the environment create an entanglement. We show that, in the limit of short interaction times, the environment creates an effective interaction Hamiltonian between the two systems. This interaction Hamiltonian is explicitly computed and we show that it keeps track of the order of the successive interactions with $\mathcal H_S^A$ and $\mathcal H_S^B$ . Particular physical models are studied, where the evolution of the entanglement can be explicitly computed. We also show the property of return of equilibrium and thermalization for a family of examples.     

On the Chernoff Distance for Asymptotic LOCC Discrimination of Bipartite Quantum States

Motivated by the recent discovery of a quantum Chernoff theorem for asymptotic state discrimination, we investigate the distinguishability of two bipartite mixed states under the constraint of local operations and classical communication (LOCC), in the limit of many copies. While for two pure states a result of Walgate et al. shows that LOCC is just as powerful as global measurements, data hiding states (DiVincenzo et al.) show that locality can impose severe restrictions on the distinguishability of even orthogonal states. Here we determine the optimal error probability and measurement to discriminate many copies of particular data hiding states (extremal d × d Werner states) by a linear programming approach. Surprisingly, the single-copy optimal measurement remains optimal for n copies, in the sense that the best strategy is measuring each copy separately, followed by a simple classical decision rule. We also put a lower bound on the bias with which states can be distinguished by separable operations.