Invariance under quantum permutations rules out parastatistics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.17576v1
• Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 19:01:11 GMT
• Title: Invariance under quantum permutations rules out parastatistics
• Authors: Manuel Mekonnen, Thomas D. Galley, Markus P. Mueller,
• Abstract summary: We argue that quantum systems should not only preserve their local state under permutations, but also the quantum information that they carry about other systems.<n>For both, we show that the respective principle is fulfilled if and only if the particle is a Boson or Fermion.
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• Abstract: Quantum systems invariant under particle exchange are either Bosons or Fermions, even though quantum theory could in principle admit further types of behavior under permutations. But why do we not observe such "paraparticles" in nature? The analysis of this question was previously limited primarily to specific quantum field theory models. Here we give two independent arguments that rule out parastatistics universally, originating in quantum information theory and recent research on internal quantum reference frames. First, we introduce a notion of complete invariance: quantum systems should not only preserve their local state under permutations, but also the quantum information that they carry about other systems, in analogy to the notion of complete positivity in quantum information theory. Second, we demand that quantum systems are invariant under quantum permutations, i.e. permutations that are conditioned on the values of permutation-invariant observables. For both, we show that the respective principle is fulfilled if and only if the particle is a Boson or Fermion. Our results show how quantum reference frames can shed light on a longstanding problem of quantum physics, they underline the crucial role played by the compositional structure of quantum information, and they demonstrate the explanatory power but also subtle limitations of recently proposed quantum covariance principles.

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