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Quantum metric statistics for random-matrix families

Michael Berry, Pragya Shukla

2020Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical12 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract The quantum metric tensor G ij for parameterised families of quantum states, in particular the trace G = tr G ij , depends on the symmetry of the system (e.g. time-reversal), and the dimension N of the underlying matrices. Modelling the families by the stationary Gaussian ensembles of random-matrix, theory, we calculate the probability distribution of G , exactly for N = 2, and approximately for N = 3 and N → ∞. Codimension arguments establish the scalings of the distributions near the singularities at G → ∞ and G = 0, near which asymptotics gives the explicit analytic behaviour. Numerical simulations support the theory.

Topics & Concepts

Random matrixMathematicsTRACE (psycholinguistics)Dimension (graph theory)QuantumGaussianMatrix (chemical analysis)Symmetry (geometry)Metric (unit)Probability distributionStatistical physicsMathematical physicsPure mathematicsStatisticsQuantum mechanicsPhysicsGeometryPhilosophyEconomicsMaterials scienceLinguisticsComposite materialEigenvalues and eigenvectorsOperations managementQuantum many-body systemsQuantum Information and CryptographyQuantum Mechanics and Applications
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