Gaussian dynamics in the double Siegel disk
Abstract
We show that deterministic multimode Gaussian channels admit a symmetric-space description. Passing from the n-mode Siegel disk to a doubled version of that space lets general Gaussian dynamics act by a linear-fractional (Mobius) transformation on a single matrix parameter. This doubled disk naturally parametrizes Gaussian kernels in the Fock-Bargmann representation, and contains an explicit physical subset corresponding to valid mixed Gaussian states. Starting from the standard X,Y parametrization of a deterministic Gaussian channel, we construct a normalized oscillator-semigroup element whose fractional action reproduces the channel update on that subset; Gaussian unitaries appear as the symplectic, isometric special case. This gives a bridge between covariance-matrix channel theory and the adjacency-matrix or symmetric-space picture, preserves a simple composition law given by matrix multiplication of the acting blocks, and suggests a direct route to graphical update rules beyond pure states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.05824,
title = {Gaussian dynamics in the double Siegel disk},
author = {Giacomo Pantaleoni and Nicolas C. Menicucci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.05824},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
27 pages, 9 figures