No-go theorem for environment-assisted invariance in non-unitary dynamics

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Main Authors: Sone, Akira, Touil, Akram, Maeda, Kenji, Cappellaro, Paola, Deffner, Sebastian
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author Sone, Akira
Touil, Akram
Maeda, Kenji
Cappellaro, Paola
Deffner, Sebastian
author_facet Sone, Akira
Touil, Akram
Maeda, Kenji
Cappellaro, Paola
Deffner, Sebastian
contents We elucidate the requirements for quantum operations that achieve environment-assisted invariance (envariance), a symmetry of entanglement. While envariance has traditionally been studied within the framework of local unitary operations, we extend the analysis to consider non-unitary local operations. First, we investigate the conditions imposed on operators acting on pure bipartite entanglement to attain envariance. We show that the local operations must take a direct-sum form in their Kraus operator representations, establishing decoherence-free subspaces. Furthermore, we prove that this also holds for the multipartite scenario. As an immediate consequence, we demonstrate that environment-assisted shortcuts to adiabaticity cannot be achieved through non-unitary operations. In addition, we show that the static condition of the eternal black hole in AdS/CFT is violated when the CFTs are coupled to the external baths.
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spellingShingle No-go theorem for environment-assisted invariance in non-unitary dynamics
Sone, Akira
Touil, Akram
Maeda, Kenji
Cappellaro, Paola
Deffner, Sebastian
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
We elucidate the requirements for quantum operations that achieve environment-assisted invariance (envariance), a symmetry of entanglement. While envariance has traditionally been studied within the framework of local unitary operations, we extend the analysis to consider non-unitary local operations. First, we investigate the conditions imposed on operators acting on pure bipartite entanglement to attain envariance. We show that the local operations must take a direct-sum form in their Kraus operator representations, establishing decoherence-free subspaces. Furthermore, we prove that this also holds for the multipartite scenario. As an immediate consequence, we demonstrate that environment-assisted shortcuts to adiabaticity cannot be achieved through non-unitary operations. In addition, we show that the static condition of the eternal black hole in AdS/CFT is violated when the CFTs are coupled to the external baths.
title No-go theorem for environment-assisted invariance in non-unitary dynamics
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10400