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Mixing Properties of Stochastic Quantum Hamiltonians

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Random quantum processes play a central role both in the study of fundamental mixing processes in quantum mechanics related to equilibration, thermalisation and fast scrambling by black holes, as well as in quantum process design and quantum information theory. In this work, we present a framework describing the mixing properties of continuous-time unitary evolutions originating from local Hamiltonians having time-fluctuating terms, reflecting a Brownian motion on the unitary group. The induced stochastic time evolution is shown to converge to a unitary design. As a first main result, we present bounds to the mixing time. By developing tools in representation theory, we analytically derive an expression for a local k-th moment operator that is entirely independent of k, giving rise to approximate unitary k-designs and quantum tensor product expanders. As a second main result, we introduce tools for proving bounds on the rate of decoupling from an environment with random quantum processes. By tying the mathematical description closely with the more established one of random quantum circuits, we present a unified picture for analysing local random quantum and classes of Markovian dissipative processes, for which we also discuss applications.

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    E. Onorati, O. Buerschaper, M. Kliesch, W. Brown, A. H. Werner & J. Eisert

  2. Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, National Quantum Information Centre, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

    M. Kliesch

  3. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Onorati, E., Buerschaper, O., Kliesch, M. et al. Mixing Properties of Stochastic Quantum Hamiltonians. Commun. Math. Phys. 355, 905–947 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-017-2950-6

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