An introduction to monitored quantum systems and quantum trajectories: spectrum, typicality, and phases
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| author | Hamazaki, Ryusuke Mochizuki, Ken Oshima, Hisanori Fuji, Yohei |
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| contents | Thanks to recent experimental advances in simulating and detecting quantum dynamics with high precision and controllability, our understanding of the physics of monitored quantum systems has considerably deepened over the past decades. In this article, we provide an introductory theoretical review on the basic formalisms governing open quantum dynamics under measurement, along with recent developments in their spectral and typical aspects. After reviewing quantum measurement theory, we introduce the concept of quantum trajectories, which are the conditional dynamics of monitored states shaped by a set of measurement outcomes. We then discuss the spectral properties of the dynamical map describing the evolution averaged over measurement outcomes. As has recently been recognized, these spectral features are intimately connected to whether quantum trajectories exhibit typical behaviors, such as ergodicity and purification. Moreover, we introduce Lyapunov exponents of typical quantum trajectories and discuss how these quantities serve as indicators of measurement-induced phase transitions in monitored quantum many-body systems. |
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| spellingShingle | An introduction to monitored quantum systems and quantum trajectories: spectrum, typicality, and phases Hamazaki, Ryusuke Mochizuki, Ken Oshima, Hisanori Fuji, Yohei Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics Quantum Physics Thanks to recent experimental advances in simulating and detecting quantum dynamics with high precision and controllability, our understanding of the physics of monitored quantum systems has considerably deepened over the past decades. In this article, we provide an introductory theoretical review on the basic formalisms governing open quantum dynamics under measurement, along with recent developments in their spectral and typical aspects. After reviewing quantum measurement theory, we introduce the concept of quantum trajectories, which are the conditional dynamics of monitored states shaped by a set of measurement outcomes. We then discuss the spectral properties of the dynamical map describing the evolution averaged over measurement outcomes. As has recently been recognized, these spectral features are intimately connected to whether quantum trajectories exhibit typical behaviors, such as ergodicity and purification. Moreover, we introduce Lyapunov exponents of typical quantum trajectories and discuss how these quantities serve as indicators of measurement-induced phase transitions in monitored quantum many-body systems. |
| title | An introduction to monitored quantum systems and quantum trajectories: spectrum, typicality, and phases |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19922 |