Evolution of States of Infinite Quantum Systems

V. L. Berezinskiǐ

Huo Yuping

The time irreversible evolution of quantum systems with infinite number of particles (QSINP) was studied within a newly constructed algebraic framework. The QSINP could be described by the quantum infinite lattice field. The *-Algebra R is the set of all dynamic variables of the QSINP, in which a special addition and multiplication operations were defined. The full pure state vector (FPSV) ρ, the pure state vector {ρ_f} and the equivalent relations within them are also well defined. The set of all pure state vectors, which are equivalent to the FPSV ρ, is a Hilbert Space {H_ρ}, if the addition, the inner product and the norm were defined in it. The set of all linear transformation {N_ρ} on {H_ρ} is isomorphic to R, and {{N_ρ},{H_ρ}} is the representation of R, associated with ρ. The *-Algebra R has infinitely many non-equivalent irreducible GNS constructions (representations), associated with different nonequivalent FPSVs respectively. It is proved that, the dynamical motions of the QSINP is totally within the GNS construction associated with the initial pure state vector; However, the time reversal transformation makes the initial FPSV and its corresponding dynamical evolution into another non-equivalent GNS construction. Therefore, within the GNS construction associated with the FPSV, the dynamics of the QSINP is time irreversible. Finally, due to the Liouville operator has real continuous spectrum within the GNS construction, the longtime asymptotic solution of Liouville equation in the GNS construction could be treated by the formal scattering theory. The Master equation with dissipative term was obtained, which is formally irrelevant of the initial state and the corresponding GNS construction. This master equation could be regarded as the evolution equation of the QSINP on R.

D. Ya. Petrina

Román Orús, Guifré Vidal

The infinite time-evolving block decimation algorithm [G. Vidal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 070201 (2007)] allows to simulate unitary evolution and to compute the ground state of one-dimensional (1D) quantum lattice systems in the thermodynamic limit. Here we extend the algorithm to tackle a much broader class of problems, namely, the simulation of arbitrary one-dimensional evolution operators that can be expressed as a (translationally invariant) tensor network. Relatedly, we also address the problem of finding the dominant eigenvalue and eigenvector of a one-dimensional transfer matrix that can be expressed in the same way. New applications include the simulation, in the thermodynamic limit, of open (i.e., master equation) dynamics and thermal states in 1D quantum systems, as well as calculations with partition functions in two-dimensional (2D) classical systems, on which we elaborate. The present extension of the algorithm also plays a prominent role in the infinite projected entangled-pair states approach to infinite 2D quantum lattice systems.

O. Furtmaier

Joseph V. Pulé, André F. Verbeure

It is proved that the C*-algebra of observables of an infinite classical system is isomorphic to the group algebra on the test function space 𝒟. The physical dynamical system consisting of infinitely many noninteracting particles is studied. A particular class of states, called the quasifree states, is exhibited and their properties are studied. Some results on the spectral properties of monoparticle evolutions are obtained. Finally we give explicitly a solution of the classical KMS condition for these evolutions.