Quantum coherence and Leggett-Garg inequality

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.15717v1
• Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:09:13 GMT
• Title: Quantum coherence and Leggett-Garg inequality
• Abstract summary: We study the effect of environment interaction on the violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality in a two-state quantum system.<n>It is shown that the violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality can be observed as long as temporal evolution does not induce decoherence.
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• Abstract: In this paper, we attempt to establish the relationship between quantum coherence and the violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality. In particular, employing the Lindblad equation, we obtain the pseudo-density matrix for a damping system to study the effect of environment interaction on the violation of this inequality in a two-state quantum system. It is shown that the violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality can be observed as long as temporal evolution does not induce decoherence. This statement is independent of the initial state of the system. Furthermore, similar to the Horodecki criterion for the CHSH inequality (R. Horodecki et al. Phys. Lett. {\bf A200}, 340), we study necessary and sufficient conditions for violating the Leggett-Garg inequality. Hereby, under the circumstance that the inequality violation occurs, an upper bound for the time interval between consecutive measurements with respect to the time scale of interaction with the environment (the relaxation time) is obtained.

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