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Summing free unitary random matrices

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-20 v2 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

I use quaternion free probability calculus - an extension of free probability to non-Hermitian matrices (which is introduced in a succinct but self-contained way) - to derive in the large-size limit the mean densities of the eigenvalues and singular values of sums of independent unitary random matrices, weighted by complex numbers. In the case of CUE summands, I write them in terms of two "master equations," which I then solve and numerically test in four specific cases. I conjecture a finite-size extension of these results, exploiting the complementary error function. I prove a central limit theorem, and its first sub-leading correction, for independent identically-distributed zero-drift unitary random matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1010.5220,
  title  = {Summing free unitary random matrices},
  author = {Andrzej Jarosz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.5220},
  year   = {2015}
}

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17 pages, 15 figures

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