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Bayesian Monotone Metrics for Multiparameter Quantum Estimation

Quantum Physics 2026-07-02 v1

Abstract

Bayesian quantum estimation offers a finite-data framework for quantum sensing and metrology, yet a unified geometric formulation for multiparameter Bayes risk has been lacking. We introduce Bayesian monotone metrics by evaluating Petz monotone metrics on the prior-averaged state, providing a Bayesian extension of the full class of statistically meaningful (CPTP) quantum metrics. This framework yields Bayesian quantities, including quantum posterior-mean operators and a quantum Bayesian dual Fisher-information matrix, and it leads to a systematic family of computable lower bounds on the Bayes risk. The resulting bounds naturally incorporate multiparameter measurement incompatibility and, for every monotone metric in the family, we prove a universal dominance over the corresponding quantum van Trees (Bayesian Cram\'er--Rao) bound. Moreover, we show that optimizing over all operator monotone functions collapses to a one-parameter subfamily, turning the tightest bound into a tractable optimization with a clear geometric interpretation. In representative examples, the optimized bounds are strictly tighter than the Bayesian SLD and RLD bounds. Our results establish Bayesian monotone metrics as a unifying information-geometric perspective on Bayesian quantum estimation, enabling systematic and computable performance limits in multiparameter settings.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.01685,
  title  = {Bayesian Monotone Metrics for Multiparameter Quantum Estimation},
  author = {Jianchao Zhang and Koichi Yamagata and Jun Suzuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.01685},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

24 pages, 5 figures. A preliminary version of some of the results appeared in arXiv:2405.10525v2. This paper substantially expands those results and includes an additional author