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Universal and nonuniversal probability laws in Markovian open quantum dynamics subject to generalized reset processes

Statistical Mechanics 2023-10-25 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We consider quantum jump trajectories of Markovian open quantum systems subject to stochastic in time resets of their state to an initial configuration. The reset events provide a partitioning of quantum trajectories into consecutive time intervals, defining sequences of random variables from the values of a trajectory observable within each of the intervals. For observables related to functions of the quantum state, we show that the probability of certain orderings in the sequences obeys a universal law. This law does not depend on the chosen observable and, in case of Poissonian reset processes, not even on the details of the dynamics. When considering (discrete) observables associated with the counting of quantum jumps, the probabilities in general lose their universal character. Universality is only recovered in cases when the probability of observing equal outcomes in a same sequence is vanishingly small, which we can achieve in a weak reset rate limit. Our results extend previous findings on classical stochastic processes [N.~R.~Smith et al., EPL {\bf 142}, 51002 (2023)] to the quantum domain and to state-dependent reset processes, shedding light on relevant aspects for the emergence of universal probability laws.

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@article{arxiv.2310.06981,
  title  = {Universal and nonuniversal probability laws in Markovian open quantum dynamics subject to generalized reset processes},
  author = {Federico Carollo and Igor Lesanovsky and Juan P. Garrahan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.06981},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures

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