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Describing orbit space of global unitary actions for mixed qudit states

Quantum Physics 2014-08-12 v2

Abstract

The unitary U(d) \mathrm{U}(d)-equivalence relation between elements of the space P+\mathfrak{P}_+\, of mixed states of dd-dimensional quantum system defines the orbit space P+/U(d) \mathfrak{P}_+/ \mathrm{U}(d)\, and provides its description in terms the ring R[P+]U(d)\mathbb{R}[\mathfrak{P}_+]^{\mathrm{U}(d)}\, of U(d)\mathrm{U}(d)-invariant polynomials. We prove that the semi-algebraic structure of P+/U(d) \mathfrak{P}_+/ \mathrm{U}(d)\, is determined completely by two basic properties of density matrices, their semi-positivity and Hermicity. Particularly, it is shown that the Processi-Schwarz inequalities in elements of integrity basis for R[P+]U(d)\mathbb{R}[\mathfrak{P}_+]^{\mathrm{U}(d)}\, defining the orbit space, are identically satisfied for all elements of P+\mathfrak{P}_+.

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@article{arxiv.1311.4649,
  title  = {Describing orbit space of global unitary actions for mixed qudit states},
  author = {Vladimir Gerdt and Arsen Khvedelidze and Yuri Palii},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.4649},
  year   = {2014}
}

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13 pages, 2 figures