arXiv:1110.3838 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Purity distribution for generalized random Bures mixed states

Gaëtan Borot, Céline Nadal

Published Feb 3, 2012• 17 citations

Abstract

We compute the distribution of the purity for random density matrices (i.e. random mixed states) in a large quantum system, distributed according to the Bures measure. The full distribution of the purity is computed using a mapping to random matrix theory and then a Coulomb gas method. We find three regimes that correspond to two phase transitions in the associated Coulomb gas. The first transition is characterized by an explosion of the third derivative on the left of the transition point. The second transition is of first order, it is characterized by the detachment of a single charge of the Coulomb gas. A key remark in this paper is that the random Bures states are closely related to the O ( n ) model for n = 1. This actually led us to study 'generalized Bures states' by keeping n general instead of specializing to n = 1.

DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/45/7/075209

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