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Quantum mechanics features a variety of distinct properties such as coherence and entanglement, which could be explored to showcase potential advantages over classical counterparts in information processing. In general, legitimate quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-17 Fuchuan Wei , Zhenhuan Liu , Guoding Liu , Zizhao Han , Xiongfeng Ma , Dong-Ling Deng , Zhengwei Liu

Positive maps are useful for detecting entanglement in quantum information theory. Any entangled state can be detected by some positive map. In this paper, the relation between positive block matrices and completely positive…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-06-14 Yu Guo , Heng Fan

The concept of the {\em half density matrix} is proposed. It unifies the quantum states which are described by density matrices and physical processes which are described by completely positive maps. With the help of the half-density-matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Sixia Yu

It is shown that the standard formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of Hermitian Hamiltonians is overly restrictive. A consistent physical theory of quantum mechanics can be built on a complex Hamiltonian that is not Hermitian but…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Carl M. Bender , Dorje C. Brody , Hugh F. Jones

Recently, a lot of attention has been devoted to finding physically realisable operations that realise as closely as possible certain desired transformations between quantum states, e.g. quantum cloning, teleportation, quantum gates, etc.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-25 K. Audenaert , B. De Moor

In the global framework of quantum theory the individual quantum systems seem clearly separated into two families with the respective manifestly Hermitian and hiddenly Hermitian operators of their Hamiltonian. In the light of certain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-15 Miloslav Znojil

Carrying the insights of conditional probability to the quantum realm is notoriously difficult due to the non-commutative nature of quantum observables. Nevertheless, conditional expectations on von Neumann algebras have played a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-13 Shadi Ali Ahmad , Marc S. Klinger

Complete positivity of quantum dynamics is often viewed as a litmus test for physicality, yet it is well known that correlated initial states need not give rise to completely positive evolutions. This observation spurred numerous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-22 Jason M. Dominy , Alireza Shabani , Daniel A. Lidar

This is an exposition of some of the aspects of quantum computation and quantum information that have connections with operator theory. After a brief introduction, we discuss quantum algorithms. We outline basic properties of quantum…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David W. Kribs

Information on quantum systems can be obtained only when they are open (or opened) in relation to a certain environment. As a matter of fact, realistic open quantum systems appear in very different shape. We sketch the theoretical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-08 Ingrid Rotter

Dynamical maps are the principal subject of the open system theory. Formally, the dynamical map of a given open quantum system is a density matrix transformation that takes any initial state and sends it to the state at a later time.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Piotr Szańkowski

We present a generalization of quantum error correction to infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. The generalization yields new classes of quantum error correcting codes that have no finite-dimensional counterparts. The error correction…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-07-06 Cédric Bény , Achim Kempf , David W. Kribs

Quantum control has been a cornerstone of quantum information science, driving major advances in quantum computing, quantum communication, and quantum sensing. Over the years, it has enabled the implementation of arbitrary completely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-06 Weizhou Cai , Zi-Jie Chen , Xuanqiang Zhao , Xin Wang , Guang-Can Guo , Luyan Sun , Chang-Ling Zou

Unitarity is a cornerstone of quantum theory, ensuring the conservation of probability and information. Although non-Hermitian Hamiltonians are typically associated with open or dissipative systems, pseudo-Hermitian quantum mechanics shows…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-03 Ruifeng Leng , Cheng-Yang Lee , Siyi Zhou

We present for the first time a general theory of error correction for permutation invariant (PI) codes. Using representation theory of the symmetric group we construct efficient algorithms that can correct any correctible error on any PI…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Yingkai Ouyang , Gavin K. Brennen

We consider complete positivity of dynamics regarding subsystems of an open composite quantum system, which is subject of a completely positive dynamics. By "completely positive dynamics", we assume the dynamical maps called the completely…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-23 M. Arsenijevic , J. Jeknic-Dugic , M. Dugic

We show that the theory of operator quantum error correction can be naturally generalized by allowing constraints not only on states but also on observables. The resulting theory describes the correction of algebras of observables (and may…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Cedric Beny , Achim Kempf , David W. Kribs

Quantum process tomography is a procedure by which the unknown dynamical evolution of an open quantum system can be fully experimentally characterized. We demonstrate explicitly how this procedure can be implemented with a nuclear magnetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew M. Childs , Isaac L. Chuang , Debbie W. Leung

In the framework of quantum computational tensor network, which is a general framework of measurement-based quantum computation, the resource many-body state is represented in a tensor-network form, and universal quantum computation is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-02 Tomoyuki Morimae , Keisuke Fujii

Given a completely positive map, we introduce a set of algebras that we refer to as its generalized multiplicative domains. These algebras are generalizations of the traditional multiplicative domain of a completely positive map and we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Nathaniel Johnston , David W. Kribs