Universal bound on the Lyapunov spectrum of quantum master equations

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Auteurs principaux: Muratore-Ginanneschi, Paolo, Kimura, Gen, Ende, Frederik vom, Chruściński, Dariusz
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author Muratore-Ginanneschi, Paolo
Kimura, Gen
Ende, Frederik vom
Chruściński, Dariusz
author_facet Muratore-Ginanneschi, Paolo
Kimura, Gen
Ende, Frederik vom
Chruściński, Dariusz
contents The spectral properties of positive maps are pivotal for understanding the dynamics of quantum systems interacting with their environment. Furthermore, central problems in quantum information such as the characterization of entanglement can be reformulated in terms of spectral properties of positive maps. The present work aims to contribute to a better understanding of the spectrum of positive maps. Specifically, our main result is a new proof of a universal bound on the $d^{2}-1$ generically non vanishing decay rates $Γ_{i}$ of time-autonomous quantum master equations on a $d$-dimensional Hilbert space: $$Γ_{\mathrm{max}}\,\leq\,\varkappa_{d}\,\sum_{i=1}^{d^{2}-1}Γ_{i}$$ The prefactor $\varkappa_{d}$ %, which we explicitly determine, depends only on the dimension $d$ and varies depending on the sub-class of positive maps to which the semigroup solution of the master equation belongs. We provide a brief but self-consistent survey of these concepts. We obtain our main result by resorting to the theory of Lyapunov exponents, a central concept in the study of dynamical systems, control theory, and out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics. We thus show that progress in understanding positive maps in quantum mechanics may require ideas at the crossroads between different disciplines. For this reason, we adopt a notation and presentation style aimed at reaching readers with diverse backgrounds.
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spellingShingle Universal bound on the Lyapunov spectrum of quantum master equations
Muratore-Ginanneschi, Paolo
Kimura, Gen
Ende, Frederik vom
Chruściński, Dariusz
Quantum Physics
Dynamical Systems
The spectral properties of positive maps are pivotal for understanding the dynamics of quantum systems interacting with their environment. Furthermore, central problems in quantum information such as the characterization of entanglement can be reformulated in terms of spectral properties of positive maps. The present work aims to contribute to a better understanding of the spectrum of positive maps. Specifically, our main result is a new proof of a universal bound on the $d^{2}-1$ generically non vanishing decay rates $Γ_{i}$ of time-autonomous quantum master equations on a $d$-dimensional Hilbert space: $$Γ_{\mathrm{max}}\,\leq\,\varkappa_{d}\,\sum_{i=1}^{d^{2}-1}Γ_{i}$$ The prefactor $\varkappa_{d}$ %, which we explicitly determine, depends only on the dimension $d$ and varies depending on the sub-class of positive maps to which the semigroup solution of the master equation belongs. We provide a brief but self-consistent survey of these concepts. We obtain our main result by resorting to the theory of Lyapunov exponents, a central concept in the study of dynamical systems, control theory, and out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics. We thus show that progress in understanding positive maps in quantum mechanics may require ideas at the crossroads between different disciplines. For this reason, we adopt a notation and presentation style aimed at reaching readers with diverse backgrounds.
title Universal bound on the Lyapunov spectrum of quantum master equations
topic Quantum Physics
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19657