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Typical Purification Reproducing the Time Evolution of an Open Quantum System

Statistical Mechanics 2018-11-02 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

It is known that an arbitrary quantum state can always be expressed in a pure state by preparing an appropriate ancilla system, which is called purification. The purification can always be performed when considering only a quantity not dependent on the quantum state of the ancilla system. Otherwise, the possibility of purification cannot be elucidated. In this study, we focus on the cases where a quantum system S and the ancilla system interact with each other, and investigate whether purification, which correctly reproduces the time evolution of the system S, is possible. Accordingly, when the ancilla system is a macrosystem, it can be shown that this purification is possible for a specific initial state.

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@article{arxiv.1811.00235,
  title  = {Typical Purification Reproducing the Time Evolution of an Open Quantum System},
  author = {Koki Inoue and Yoshiyuki Fukumoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.00235},
  year   = {2018}
}

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