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arXiv:1511.07278 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

The difference between two random mixed quantum states: exact and asymptotic spectral analysis

José Mejía, Camilo Zapata, Alonso Botero

Published Dec 7, 2016• 24 citations
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Abstract

Abstract We investigate the spectral statistics of the difference of two density matrices, each of which is independently obtained by partially tracing a random bipartite pure quantum state. We first show how a closed-form expression for the exact joint eigenvalue probability density function for arbitrary dimensions can be obtained from the joint probability density function of the diagonal elements of the difference matrix, which is straightforward to compute. Subsequently, we use standard results from free probability theory to derive a relatively simple analytic expression for the asymptotic eigenvalue density (AED) of the difference matrix ensemble, and using Carlson’s theorem, we obtain an expression for its absolute moments. These results allow us to quantify the typical asymptotic distance between the two random mixed states using various distance measures; in particular, we obtain the almost sure asymptotic behavior of the operator norm distance and the trace distance.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8121/50/2/025301

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The complex spacing ratio is the complex displacement from a reference eigenvalue to its nearest neighbor divided by the corresponding displacement to its next-to-nearest neighbor. Its statistics provide a useful diagnostic of spectral correlations and nonintegrability in open quantum systems. Here, starting from the exact joint eigenvalue probability densities, we derive finite-NNN complex-spacing-ratio distributions for the Gaussian ensembles of non-Hermitian random matrices in classes AI†^†† and AII†^††, realized by complex symmetric and complex self-dual random matrices, respectively. In class AII†^††, we obtain an exact algebraic expression for arbitrary NNN and explicitly evaluate the distributions and representative moments for N=3,4,5,6N=3, 4, 5, 6N=3,4,5,6. In class AI†^††, although the joint density retains a noncompact integral over nonunitary eigenvector degrees of freedom, we analytically derive a normalized one-dimensional integral representation for N=3N=3N=3 and determine the asymptotic behavior, including a logarithmic correction to the cubic level repulsion and a nonanalytic contribution to the angular density. We further confirm these analytical results through direct numerical diagonalization of non-Hermitian random matrices.