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The resource theory of asymmetry is a framework for classifying and quantifying the symmetry-breaking properties of both states and operations relative to a given symmetry. In the special case where the symmetry is the set of translations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Iman Marvian , Robert W. Spekkens , Paolo Zanardi

The Mandelstam-Tamm and Margolus-Levitin quantum speed limits are two well-known evolution time estimates for isolated quantum systems. These bounds are usually formulated for fully distinguishable initial and final states, but both have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-14 Niklas Hörnedal , Ole Sönnerborn

The speed limit of quantum state transfer (QST) in a system of interacting particles is not only important for quantum information processing, but also directly linked to Lieb-Robinson-type bounds that are crucial for understanding various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Casey Jameson , Bora Basyildiz , Daniel Moore , Kyle Clark , Zhexuan Gong

We introduce a framework for computing time-dependent quantum transition rates (QTRs) that describe the pace of evolution of a quantum state from a given subspace to a target subspace. QTRs are expressed in terms of flux-flux correlators…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Adolfo del Campo , András Grabarits , Dmitrii Makarov , Seong-Ho Shinn

The Time-Fractional Schr\"odinger Equation (TFSE) is well-adjusted to study a quantum system interacting with its dissipative environment. The Quantum Speed Limit (QSL) time captures the shortest time required for a quantum system to evolve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Dongmei Wei , Hailing Liu , Yongmei Li , Fei Gao , Sujuan Qin , Qiaoyan Wen

One of the defining properties of an open quantum system is the variation of its purity in time. We derive speed limits on the rate of purity change for systems coupled to a Markovian environment. Our speed limits are based on Liouville…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-12 Raam Uzdin , Ronnie Kosloff

The minimal time a system requires to transform from an initial state to target state is defined as the quantum speed limit time. quantum speed limit time can be applied to quantify the maximum speed of the evolution of a quantum system.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 S. Haseli

Quantum mechanics is an inherently linear theory. However, collective effects in many body quantum systems can give rise to effectively nonlinear dynamics. In the present work, we analyze whether and to what extent such nonlinear effects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Sebastian Deffner

We obtain an upper bound on the time available for quantum computation for a given quantum computer and decohering environment with quantum error correction implemented. First, we derive an explicit quantum evolution operator for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 E. Novais , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Harold U. Baranger

The quantum speed of evolution for the phase covariant map is investigated. This involves absorption, emission and dephasing processes. We consider the maps under various combinations of the above processes to investigate the effect of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-06 Riya Baruah , K. G. Paulson , Subhashish Banerjee

We propose a mathematically rigorous unified framework for hybrid quantum mechanics that systematically combines algebraic deformation and spatial non-locality within a single operator formalism. By constructing a self-adjoint hybrid…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-29 M. W. AlMasri

The quantum speed limit (QSL) is the theoretical lower limit of the time for a quantum system to evolve from a given state to another one. Interestingly, it has been shown that non-Markovianity can be used to speed-up the dynamics and to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-18 Jose Teittinen , Sabrina Maniscalco

We study the effects of dissipative boundaries in many-body systems at continuous quantum transitions, when the parameters of the Hamiltonian driving the unitary dynamics are close to their critical values. As paradigmatic models, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-09-01 Francesco Tarantelli , Ettore Vicari

A unified bound on the quantum speed limit is obtained for open quantum systems with the mixed initial state by utilizing the function of relative purity proposed in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 060409 (2018)]. As applications, it is found that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Shao-xiong Wu , Chang-shui Yu

The thermodynamics of quantum systems coupled to periodically modulated heat baths and work reservoirs is developed. By identifying affinities and fluxes, the first and second law are formulated consistently. In the linear response regime,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-29 Kay Brandner , Udo Seifert

We present some dynamic and entropic considerations about the evolution of a continuous time quantum walk implementing the clock of an autonomous machine. On a simple model, we study in quite explicit terms the Lindblad evolution of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Diego de Falco , Dario Tamascelli

We theoretically study the quantum speed limits (QSLs) of a qubit system coupled to a thermal dephasing environment with an Ohmic-like spectral density. Based on the geometric QSLs time bound, which is derived by employing the trace…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-08 Xiangji Cai , Yanyan Feng , Jing Ren , Kang Lan , Shuning Sun , Xiangjia Meng , Artur Czerwinski

We consider a frictionless system coupled to an external Markovian environment. The quantum and classical evolution of such systems are described by the Lindblad and the Fokker-Planck equation respectively. We show that when such a system…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Zhenhao Li

Quantum asymmetry and coherence are genuinely quantum resources that are essential to realize quantum advantage in information technologies. However, all quantum processes are fundamentally constrained by quantum speed limits, which raises…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Agung Budiyono , Michael Moody , Hadyan L. Prihadi , Rafika Rahmawati , Sebastian Deffner

The notion of quantum speed limit (QSL) refers to the fundamental fact that two quantum states become completely distinguishable upon dynamical evolution only after a finite amount time, called the QSL time. A different, but related concept…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-29 Pablo M. Poggi