Constant-time equilibration of observables under rapid Lindbladian dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28451v1
• Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:40:45 GMT
• Title: Constant-time equilibration of observables under rapid Lindbladian dynamics
• Abstract summary: We introduce and study observable-specific mixing times for quantum information science.<n>For quasi-local, rapidly mixing Lindbladians, sums of geometrically local observables equilibrate in a time independent of system size.<n>We develop a quantum-inspired classical algorithm for estimating the same quantities.
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• Abstract: Markovian open-system dynamics have widespread applications throughout quantum information science, including algorithmic state preparation. Their convergence is commonly quantified using the worst case global trace distance between the evolving and stationary states. However, this criterion can be unnecessarily stringent when only physically relevant observables are of interest. Here we introduce and study observable-specific mixing times. We prove that, for quasi-local, rapidly mixing Lindbladians, sums of geometrically local observables equilibrate in a time independent of system size, in contrast to the logarithmic dependence of global state mixing. This separation reduces the runtime of dissipative quantum algorithms, including quantum Gibbs samplers, for estimating quantities such as the Gibbs state energy and local order parameters, yielding an overall scaling that is linear in system size. Complementing this quantum result, we develop a quantum-inspired classical algorithm for estimating the same quantities. Its runtime is likewise linear in system size, but scaling exponentially in $\mathcal{O}\big(\log(1/ε)^D\big)$, where $D$ denotes the spatial dimension of the lattice. We further analyse non-interacting Lindbladians over qudits, fermions, and bosons, demonstrating that locality of observables is not always necessary for a qualitatively faster mixing. Small-scale simulations of quantum Gibbs samplers reveal no large hidden constants in our asymptotic analysis and show that the theoretical predictions closely capture the finite-size dynamics.

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