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Random Quantum Maps and a quantum analogue of Frobenius-Perron theorem

Speaker(s)
Karol Życzkowski
Affiliation
Uniwersytet Jagielloński / Polska Akademia Nauk
Date
April 23, 2010, 10:15 a.m.
Room
room 5840
Seminar
Seminar of Dynamical Systems Group

Statistical properties of periodically driven quantum chaotic systems described in a finite dimensional Hilbert space can be mimicked by random unitary matrices distributed according to the Haar measure on the unitary group.

To describe the effect of a possible interaction of the system in question with an environment one needs to work with density operators, which are Hermitian, positive and normalized. Discrete time evolution of a density matrix can be represented by quantum operation (completely positive, trace preserving map).

We introduce ensemble of random operations and investigate spectral properties of the corresponding superoperators with spectrum consisting of N2 eigenvalues inside the unit disk. A quantum analogue of the Frobenius-Perron theorem concerning the spectrum of stochastic matrices is formulated. Obtained predictions for random operations are compared with spectral properties of quantized chaotic systems, interacting with an environment.