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Main Authors: Shivashankara, Shanmuka, Sprague, Hobbes
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12585
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author Shivashankara, Shanmuka
Sprague, Hobbes
author_facet Shivashankara, Shanmuka
Sprague, Hobbes
contents Unitarity provides mathematical and physical constraints on quantum information systems. e.g., in entanglement swapping, unitarity requires the same von Neumann entanglement entropy generation for either a particle interaction or an act of measurement. For the first time, the language of non-relativistic quantum mechanics is presented to derive the density matrix for hard scattering. We show that unitarity allows for finding the latter's cross section without using the scattering amplitude or the Lippmann-Schwinger equation plus Green's function. We also show the language of relativistic quantum mechanics can be used to derive the momentum entropy or Sackur-Tetrode equation for the inelastic scattering of an electron from a proton. The latter entropy derives from a Shannon entropy and an additional entropy that evokes the uncertainty principle. This article's presentation allows particle physicists to readily begin calculating quantum information metrics such as correlations and mutual information for any particle interaction.
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spellingShingle Unitarity constrains the quantum information metrics for particle interactions
Shivashankara, Shanmuka
Sprague, Hobbes
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
Unitarity provides mathematical and physical constraints on quantum information systems. e.g., in entanglement swapping, unitarity requires the same von Neumann entanglement entropy generation for either a particle interaction or an act of measurement. For the first time, the language of non-relativistic quantum mechanics is presented to derive the density matrix for hard scattering. We show that unitarity allows for finding the latter's cross section without using the scattering amplitude or the Lippmann-Schwinger equation plus Green's function. We also show the language of relativistic quantum mechanics can be used to derive the momentum entropy or Sackur-Tetrode equation for the inelastic scattering of an electron from a proton. The latter entropy derives from a Shannon entropy and an additional entropy that evokes the uncertainty principle. This article's presentation allows particle physicists to readily begin calculating quantum information metrics such as correlations and mutual information for any particle interaction.
title Unitarity constrains the quantum information metrics for particle interactions
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.12585