A Clockwork Quantum: Symmetry, Noise, and the Emergence of Quantum Order
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19348v1
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:59:03 GMT
- Title: A Clockwork Quantum: Symmetry, Noise, and the Emergence of Quantum Order
- Authors: Eric R. Bittner, Bhavay Tyagi,
- Abstract summary: Noise-induced synchronization and coherence protection in open quantum systems is studied.<n>We show that symmetry in the noise correlations acts as a control parameter, protecting symmetric or antisymmetric modes.<n>These insights offer a unifying view of synchronization in classical and quantum regimes.
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- Abstract: We present a concise review and perspective on noise-induced synchronization and coherence protection in open quantum systems, with emphasis on recent work involving coupled spins, oscillators, and anyons. When local environments exhibit internal correlations, the structure of the noise determines which collective modes become decoherence-protected. This leads to steady-state entanglement, phase locking, and exceptional points (EPs) in the Liouvillian spectrum, signaling a collapse of the mode basis and the emergence of non-dissipative stabilized dynamics. Using a Lindblad framework, we show that symmetry in the noise correlations acts as a control parameter, protecting symmetric or antisymmetric modes depending on the sign of the correlation. In the pure-dephasing limit, coherence decay mirrors the Anderson-Kubo model, where the effective fluctuation strength scales as $\sigma^2(1 \pm \xi)$, and the dynamical regime (Gaussian vs. Lorentzian) is set by the ratio \( \sigma / \gamma \). Thus, the environment not only drives decoherence but can also selectively suppress it through symmetry filtering. We also revisit historical and conceptual origins of this idea, beginning with Huygens synchronized pendulum clocks and culminating in modern non-Hermitian dynamics. Correlated noise-though classically stochastic-can organize quantum dynamics and protect coherence without direct control over the system. These insights offer a unifying view of synchronization in classical and quantum regimes, with implications for quantum sensing, engineered decoherence, and long-lived coherence in complex environments such as biological light-harvesting complexes or avian magnetoreception.
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