Symmetric Dicke States as Optimal Probes for Wave-Like Dark Matter

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: He, Ping, Shu, Jing, Xu, Bin, Xu, Jincheng
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866918251671322624
author He, Ping
Shu, Jing
Xu, Bin
Xu, Jincheng
author_facet He, Ping
Shu, Jing
Xu, Bin
Xu, Jincheng
contents We identify symmetric Dicke states as the optimal quantum probes for distributed sensing of wave-like dark-matter fields. Within an ensemble-averaged quantum-metrological framework that incorporates the field's random phases and finite coherence, they maximize the Fisher information for short-baseline arrays with $N_d$ sensors and realize a robust $N_d^2$ enhancement. They also retain this collective advantage under amplitude-damping noise, whereas GHZ-type probes are highly fragile and rapidly lose their sensitivity once such noise is included. For two sensors at separations comparable to the dark-matter coherence length, the optimal entangled state acquires an additional spatial-correlation phase and outperforms both Dicke and independent probes. Our framework applies broadly to stochastic bosonic fields, including gravitational waves, and can be implemented with superconducting qubits, atomic ensembles, and NV centers.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2512_14821
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Symmetric Dicke States as Optimal Probes for Wave-Like Dark Matter
He, Ping
Shu, Jing
Xu, Bin
Xu, Jincheng
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Quantum Physics
We identify symmetric Dicke states as the optimal quantum probes for distributed sensing of wave-like dark-matter fields. Within an ensemble-averaged quantum-metrological framework that incorporates the field's random phases and finite coherence, they maximize the Fisher information for short-baseline arrays with $N_d$ sensors and realize a robust $N_d^2$ enhancement. They also retain this collective advantage under amplitude-damping noise, whereas GHZ-type probes are highly fragile and rapidly lose their sensitivity once such noise is included. For two sensors at separations comparable to the dark-matter coherence length, the optimal entangled state acquires an additional spatial-correlation phase and outperforms both Dicke and independent probes. Our framework applies broadly to stochastic bosonic fields, including gravitational waves, and can be implemented with superconducting qubits, atomic ensembles, and NV centers.
title Symmetric Dicke States as Optimal Probes for Wave-Like Dark Matter
topic High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Experiment
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14821