Absence of Ballistic Transport in Quantum Walks with Asymptotically Reflecting Sites
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| author | Abdul-Rahman, Houssam Jackson, Thomas A. Salah, Yousef |
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| contents | We prove general sufficient conditions for zero velocity in position dependent one-dimensional quantum walks, and hence for the absence of ballistic transport. Our starting point is a general a priori upper bound on the velocity, formulated in terms of sparse bi-infinite sequences of sites, their gap structure, and the corresponding local coin parameters. This estimate yields several deterministic criteria for zero velocity that depend only on the behavior of suitable coin entries along selected subsequences and are independent of the values of the coins elsewhere. We also discuss the random case as an application of the general approach. All of our results remain valid in the CMV setting. |
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| spellingShingle | Absence of Ballistic Transport in Quantum Walks with Asymptotically Reflecting Sites Abdul-Rahman, Houssam Jackson, Thomas A. Salah, Yousef Mathematical Physics We prove general sufficient conditions for zero velocity in position dependent one-dimensional quantum walks, and hence for the absence of ballistic transport. Our starting point is a general a priori upper bound on the velocity, formulated in terms of sparse bi-infinite sequences of sites, their gap structure, and the corresponding local coin parameters. This estimate yields several deterministic criteria for zero velocity that depend only on the behavior of suitable coin entries along selected subsequences and are independent of the values of the coins elsewhere. We also discuss the random case as an application of the general approach. All of our results remain valid in the CMV setting. |
| title | Absence of Ballistic Transport in Quantum Walks with Asymptotically Reflecting Sites |
| topic | Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.20654 |