Induced Resource Theories and Harvesting via Quantum Probes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17287v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:51:02 GMT
• Title: Induced Resource Theories and Harvesting via Quantum Probes
• Abstract summary: We consider scenarios in which a quantum system with a well-defined resource theory is used as a probe to interact with an environment.<n>We clarify if and how the harvesting of a resource in the probe can tell us about the state of the environment.
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• Abstract: We consider scenarios in which a quantum system with a well-defined resource theory is used as a probe to interact with an environment, such as a quantum field, for which a resource-theoretic description is absent or incomplete. We clarify if and how the harvesting of a resource in the probe can tell us about the state of the environment. This is particularly ambiguous when the probe-environment interaction is not a free operation, or the concept of such free operations cannot be defined altogether. We propose a framework and precise conditions under which it becomes possible to interpret resource generation on the probe as evidence of resources in the environment, thereby introducing an effective notion of resources for the latter. Our results clarify in which sense resources can be said to be harvested from the environment and provide a systematic way to analyse such processes beyond fully controlled resource-theoretic settings. More generally, this work may provide a step towards a more general understanding of the interplay of different quantum resources.

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