Geometric Response in Open Quantum Systems: Coherence, Curvature, and Susceptibility

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22517v1
• Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:10:55 GMT
• Title: Geometric Response in Open Quantum Systems: Coherence, Curvature, and Susceptibility
• Abstract summary: We develop a response-geometric framework for open quantum systems.<n>The symmetric sector defines a metric-like response tensor governing local susceptibility.<n>The antisymmetric sector defines a curvature two-form associated with nonreciprocal response and geometric work.
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• Abstract: We develop a response-geometric framework for open quantum systems by decomposing the stationary-state response tensor into symmetric and antisymmetric sectors. The symmetric sector defines a metric-like response tensor governing local susceptibility, while the antisymmetric sector defines a curvature two-form associated with nonreciprocal response and geometric work. We show that the work curvature is precisely the antisymmetric component of the response tensor, establishing a fluctuation--response relation that extends the geometric structure of equilibrium thermodynamics to nonequilibrium steady states, and reveals a response geometry with both metric and symplectic sectors. In equilibrium, the antisymmetric sector vanishes by reciprocity, recovering the familiar metric geometry of thermodynamic response. Open quantum systems admit a broader structure in which reciprocal and nonreciprocal responses coexist on the same control manifold. We illustrate this with a driven dissipative qubit under pure dephasing, where finite curvature emerges from the misalignment between the Hamiltonian eigenbasis and the pointer basis selected by the environment, without requiring strong driving or engineered reservoirs. Comparison with the Bures metric shows that response geometry and information geometry characterize distinct properties of the stationary-state manifold: the former governs susceptibility and geometric work, the latter quantifies state distinguishability. Geometric work thus emerges as a measurable signature of nonreciprocal response in open quantum systems.

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