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Path-sum solution of the Weyl Quantum Walk in 3+1 dimensions

Quantum Physics 2018-01-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Weyl quantum walk in 3+1 dimensions, that is a discrete-time walk describing a particle with two internal degrees of freedom moving on a Cayley graph of the group Z3\mathbb Z^3, that in an appropriate regime evolves according to Weyl's equation. The Weyl quantum walk was recently derived as the unique unitary evolution on a Cayley graph of Z3\mathbb Z^3 that is homogeneous and isotropic. The general solution of the quantum walk evolution is provided here in the position representation, by the analytical expression of the propagator, i.e. transition amplitude from a node of the graph to another node in a finite number of steps. The quantum nature of the walk manifests itself in the interference of the paths on the graph joining the given nodes. The solution is based on the binary encoding of the admissible paths on the graph and on the semigroup structure of the walk transition matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1705.08552,
  title  = {Path-sum solution of the Weyl Quantum Walk in 3+1 dimensions},
  author = {Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano and Nicola Mosco and Paolo Perinotti and Alessandro Tosini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.08552},
  year   = {2018}
}

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