Robust quantification of spectral transitions in perturbed quantum systems

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Autori principali: Szabó, Zsolt, Gehr, Stefan, Facchi, Paolo, Yuasa, Kazuya, Burgarth, Daniel, Lonigro, Davide
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author Szabó, Zsolt
Gehr, Stefan
Facchi, Paolo
Yuasa, Kazuya
Burgarth, Daniel
Lonigro, Davide
author_facet Szabó, Zsolt
Gehr, Stefan
Facchi, Paolo
Yuasa, Kazuya
Burgarth, Daniel
Lonigro, Davide
contents A quantum system subject to an external perturbation can experience leakage between uncoupled regions of its energy spectrum separated by a gap. To quantify this phenomenon, we present two complementary results. First, we establish time-independent bounds on the distances between the true dynamics and the dynamics generated by block-diagonal effective evolutions constructed via the Schrieffer-Wolff and Bloch methods. Second, we prove that, under the right conditions, this leakage remains small eternally. That is, we derive a time-independent bound on the leakage itself, expressed in terms of the spectral gap of the unperturbed Hamiltonian and the norm of the perturbation, ensuring its validity for arbitrarily large times. Our approach only requires a finite spectral gap, thus accommodating continuous and unbounded spectra. Finally, we apply our bounds to specific systems of practical interest.
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spellingShingle Robust quantification of spectral transitions in perturbed quantum systems
Szabó, Zsolt
Gehr, Stefan
Facchi, Paolo
Yuasa, Kazuya
Burgarth, Daniel
Lonigro, Davide
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
A quantum system subject to an external perturbation can experience leakage between uncoupled regions of its energy spectrum separated by a gap. To quantify this phenomenon, we present two complementary results. First, we establish time-independent bounds on the distances between the true dynamics and the dynamics generated by block-diagonal effective evolutions constructed via the Schrieffer-Wolff and Bloch methods. Second, we prove that, under the right conditions, this leakage remains small eternally. That is, we derive a time-independent bound on the leakage itself, expressed in terms of the spectral gap of the unperturbed Hamiltonian and the norm of the perturbation, ensuring its validity for arbitrarily large times. Our approach only requires a finite spectral gap, thus accommodating continuous and unbounded spectra. Finally, we apply our bounds to specific systems of practical interest.
title Robust quantification of spectral transitions in perturbed quantum systems
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.19904