Liouvillian Geometry of Multidimensional Spectra: Pathway Transport and Observational Holonomy in Open Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22530v1
• Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:40:22 GMT
• Title: Liouvillian Geometry of Multidimensional Spectra: Pathway Transport and Observational Holonomy in Open Quantum Systems
• Abstract summary: Liouville pathways provide the conceptual foundation for interpreting multidimensional spectroscopies.<n>In open quantum systems, this picture is incomplete.<n>We develop a geometric framework in which pathway transport is governed by a Liouvillian connection.
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• Abstract: Liouville pathways provide the conceptual foundation for interpreting multidimensional spectroscopies, yet are typically treated as fixed objects that evolve independently between optical interactions. In open quantum systems, this picture is incomplete. Environmental interactions continuously redistribute amplitude among pathways during every free-evolution interval, generating transport that leaves measurable signatures in the nonlinear spectroscopic response. We develop a geometric framework in which pathway transport is governed by a Liouvillian connection, its associated curvature, and the resulting observational holonomy. The framework applies to open quantum systems in which the environment selects a pointer basis distinct from the observational basis used to construct the spectroscopic response. This basis incompatibility induces transport among Liouville pathways, generating characteristic spectral distortions and a nontrivial Liouvillian curvature. Using a Duhamel expansion of the Liouvillian propagator, we derive a reconstruction procedure that identifies the transport operators responsible for the observed redistribution of pathway weight, accurate throughout the full range of basis misalignment. This perspective reframes spectral features as determined not only by which pathways exist but by how amplitude is transported among them. Spectral distortions, peak shifts, and otherwise-forbidden pathway contributions become geometric signatures of a curved Liouville-space manifold rather than phenomenological broadening corrections, identifying pathway geometry as a complementary layer of organization in nonlinear spectroscopy.

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