An Exactly Solvable Absorbing Quantum Walk

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08056v1
• Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 17:43:56 GMT
• Title: An Exactly Solvable Absorbing Quantum Walk
• Abstract summary: We solve a continuous-time quantum walk with absorption generated by a Lindblad boundary sink of arbitrary strength.<n>Despite the different physical origin of these suppression mechanisms, we show their respective absorption probabilities exhibits an exact duality.<n>The evolution is conveniently visualized in phase-space, where the non-Hermitian mode produces a Wigner droplet exponentially confined near the edge site.
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• Abstract: We introduce and solve from first principles a continuous-time quantum walk with absorption generated by a Lindblad boundary sink of arbitrary strength. Tracing out the sink maps the problem onto a non-Hermitian tight-binding Hamiltonian with a rank-one imaginary defect on the semi infinite line. We obtain closed-form expressions for the exact propagator and first-passage statistics. Weak coupling limits absorption through inefficient transfer into the sink, whereas for strong dissipation, boundary occupation is stunted by the emergence of a localized non-Hermitian mode. Despite the different physical origin of these suppression mechanisms, we show their respective asymptotic absorption probabilities exhibits an exact duality. The evolution is conveniently visualized in phase-space, where the non-Hermitian mode produces a Wigner droplet exponentially confined near the edge site.

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