Asymptotic statistical theory of irreducible quantum Markov chains

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Main Authors: Girotti, Federico, Kiukas, Jukka, Guţă, Mădălin
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author Girotti, Federico
Kiukas, Jukka
Guţă, Mădălin
author_facet Girotti, Federico
Kiukas, Jukka
Guţă, Mădălin
contents In this paper we investigate the asymptotic statistical theory of irreducible quantum Markov chains, focusing on identifiability properties and asymptotic convergence of associated quantum statistical models. We show that the space of identifiable parameters for the stationary output is a stratified space called an orbifold, which is obtained as the quotient of the manifold of irreducible dynamics by a compact group of state preserving symmetries. We analyse the orbifold's geometric properties, the connection between periodicity and strata, and provide orbifold charts as the starting point for the local asymptotic theory. The quantum Fisher information rate of the system and output state is expressed in terms of a canonical inner product on the identifiable tangent space. We then show that the joint system and output model satisfies quantum local asymptotic normality while the stationary output model converges to a product between a quantum Gaussian shift model and a mixture of quantum Gaussian shift models, reflecting the underlying periodicity. These strong convergence results provide the basis for constructing asymptotically optimal estimators of dynamical parameters. We provide an in-depth analysis of the model with smallest dimensions, consisting of two-dimensional system and environment units.
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spellingShingle Asymptotic statistical theory of irreducible quantum Markov chains
Girotti, Federico
Kiukas, Jukka
Guţă, Mădălin
Statistics Theory
Quantum Physics
62B15, 81P50, 53B12, 57R18, 62M05, 62F12, 81S22
In this paper we investigate the asymptotic statistical theory of irreducible quantum Markov chains, focusing on identifiability properties and asymptotic convergence of associated quantum statistical models. We show that the space of identifiable parameters for the stationary output is a stratified space called an orbifold, which is obtained as the quotient of the manifold of irreducible dynamics by a compact group of state preserving symmetries. We analyse the orbifold's geometric properties, the connection between periodicity and strata, and provide orbifold charts as the starting point for the local asymptotic theory. The quantum Fisher information rate of the system and output state is expressed in terms of a canonical inner product on the identifiable tangent space. We then show that the joint system and output model satisfies quantum local asymptotic normality while the stationary output model converges to a product between a quantum Gaussian shift model and a mixture of quantum Gaussian shift models, reflecting the underlying periodicity. These strong convergence results provide the basis for constructing asymptotically optimal estimators of dynamical parameters. We provide an in-depth analysis of the model with smallest dimensions, consisting of two-dimensional system and environment units.
title Asymptotic statistical theory of irreducible quantum Markov chains
topic Statistics Theory
Quantum Physics
62B15, 81P50, 53B12, 57R18, 62M05, 62F12, 81S22
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20761