Quantum States Seen by a Probe: Partial Trace Over a Region of Space
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10501v1
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:39:12 GMT
- Title: Quantum States Seen by a Probe: Partial Trace Over a Region of Space
- Authors: Quentin Ansel,
- Abstract summary: The partial trace operation has a key role in the decoherence effect and quantum measurements.
It can be used to restrict a quantum state on a specific region of space.
The reduced state is then interpreted as the state that can be detected by an ideal probe with a limited spatial extent.
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- Abstract: The partial trace operation is usually considered in composite quantum systems, to reduce the state on a single subsystem. This operation has a key role in the decoherence effect and quantum measurements. However, partial trace operations can be defined in more generic situations. In particular, it can be used to restrict a quantum state (for a single or several quantum entities) on a specific region of space, the rest of the universe being treated as an environment. The reduced state is then interpreted as the state that can be detected by an ideal probe with a limited spatial extent. In this paper, such an operation is investigated for systems defined on a Fock Hilbert space. A generic expression of the reduced density matrix is computed, and it is applied to several case studies: eigenstates of the number operator, coherent states, and thermal states. These states admit very different behaviors. In particular, (i) a decoherence effect happens on eigenstates of the number operator (ii) coherent or thermal states remain coherent or thermal, but with an amplitude/temperature reduced non-trivially by the overlap between the field and the region of interest.
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