Density matrix Definition and 111 Threads

The density matricies for statistical mixtures of horizontal and vertical polarizations are the same as for mixtures of diagonal and anti-diagonal mixtures, so there should be no experiment that behaves differently for each mixture. I had an idea about it that's got to be wrong and am hoping...

A doubt related to the use of density matrix associated to a density operator ##\rho##. A quantum pure state ##\ket {\psi}## can be written as density operator as ##\ket{\psi} \bra{\psi}##. In this link the density matrix ##\rho## for the pure state ##\ket {\psi} =(\ket{\psi_1} +...

If we for example have such a bipartite state: $$ | \phi > = \frac{1}{2} [ |0>|0> + |1>|0> + |0>|1> + |1>|1> ] $$ What is the easiest way to compute a density matrix of bipartite states? Should I just compute it as it is? i.e: $$ \rho = | \phi > < \phi | $$ Or should I convert to matrix form...

Hi all, I am having trouble visualizing the matrix representation of the mixed density matrix from the following post (specifically from the accepted answer): https://quantumcomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/21561/swap-test-and-density-matrix-distinguishability That is, for...

Hey all, I am having trouble relating probabilities with the density matrix of multiple qubits. Consider we have a system of 3 qubits: the first qubit is in the state ##\ket{\psi} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\ket{0}+\ket{1})## and the remaining 2 qubits are prepared in the state described by the...

Usually states and observables are treated as fundamentally different entities in quantum theory. But are they really different? A state can always be represented by a density "matrix", which is really a hermitian (or self-adjoint) operator. Since observables are also hermitian (or self-adjoint)...

This question is related to equation (1),(3), and (4) in the [paper][1] [1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.12252

At the heart of the theory of open quantum systems is the idea that the measurement statistics of many-body systems can be expressed in terms of a reduced density matrix, obtained by tracing over degrees of freedom that are irrelevant to the system of interest. In general, given a pure state...

I'm trying to find the purification of this density matrix $$\rho=\cos^2\theta \ket{0}\bra{0} + \frac{\sin^2\theta}{2} \left(\ket{1}\bra{1} + \ket{2}\bra{2} \right) $$ So I think the state (the purification) we're looking for is such Psi that $$ \ket{\Psi}\bra{\Psi}=\rho $$ But I'm not...

From Rand Lectures on Light, we have, in the interaction picture, the equation of motion of the reduced density matrix: $$i \hbar \rho \dot_A (t) = Tr_B[V(t), \rho_{AB}(t)] = \Sigma_b \langle \phi_b | V \rho_{AB} -\rho_{AB} V | \phi_b \rangle = \Sigma_b \phi_b | \langle V \rho_{AB} | \phi_b...

suppose that elecrons are in a state described by a diagonal density matrix for their spin (we are not interested in their spatial matrix). They are used in the double slit experiment. will we get fringes. I ask the question because when Bob ans Alice share pairs of electrons (the total spin of...

Hi, there. I am working with a model, in which the dimension of the Hilbert space is infinite. But Since only several states are directly coupled to the initial state and the coupling strength are weak, then I only consider a subspace spanned by these states. The calculation shows that the...

With ##\rho=\sum_i p_i|\Psi_i\rangle\langle\Psi_i|##If the ##p_i=|\langle\Psi|\lambda_i\rangle|^2## are taken as joint probabilities given by quantum mechanics for the singlet state in EPRB then this cannot represent a statistical mix (classical) of those states because of Bell's theorem ?

I'd like to show that, by minimizing this functional $$\Omega[\hat \rho] = \text{Tr} \hat \rho \left[ \hat H - \mu \hat N + \frac 1 {\beta} \log \hat \rho \right]$$ I get the well known expression $$\Omega[\hat \rho_0] = - \frac 1 {\beta} \log \text{Tr} e^{-\beta (\hat H - \mu \hat N )}$$ I'm...

After computind dirac 1D equation time dependant for a free particle particle I get 2 matrixs. From both,them I extract: 1) the probablity matrix P =ps1 * ps1 + psi2 *psi2 2) the current matrix J = np.conj(psi1)*psi2+np.conj(psi2)*psi1 I think that current is related to electricity, and...

Hello everyone, I have a math / physics question that has been with me for a while. I would be grateful if someone could help me. Given a density matrix, what is the minimum value a sum of some of its off-diagonal elements can assume (or the most negative value)? Remark: if one collect an...

I have unfortunately no attempt for 31.i. I don't know how to start the problem. 31.ii is attached. Can someone give me a tip on how to start 31.i? I also have troubles solving 29.iii. I have attached that as well.

If I am given that the density matrix of an incoming beam of spin 1 particles of the form $$p_o=(1/3)[|1><1|+|0><0|+|-1><-1|]$$, aand I needed to find the fraction of particles that would be found with a spin x component of zero, how would I go about solving this problem? My hunch is that I...

Summary: What are the basic assumptions of QM about the density matrix? The subject of density matrix in quantum mechanics is very unclear to me. In the books I read (for example Sakurai),they don't tell what are the basic assumptions and how you derive from them the results of the density...

In ##t = 0##, we have ##\rho (0) = | + \rangle \langle + |##. The time evolution of the density matrix is given by ##\rho(t) = e^{-i\hat{H}t} \rho (0) e^{i\hat{H}t}## (I am considering ##\hbar = 1##). I can write the state ##| + \rangle ## as a linear combination of the eigenstates of the...

Homework Statement Given the above lambda system, is it wrong to say that the density matrix is of the form ## \rho = c_1|1> + c_2|2> + c_3|3> ## ? Hence when written in matrix form (basis of ##|i>##), ## \rho ## is a diagonal matrix who's elements are the ##c_i##s?

Hi, I am wanting to confirm my understanding of the density matrix in quantum mechanics. Is it the wave function co-efficients squared - in other words the wave amplitudes squared which in turn are the probabilities and then these turn out to be placed into a matrix form with the squared wave...

I am studying Quantum Cryptography and I am quite new in Quantum area. I have read an article and I found this confusing statement: My questions: 1. The three stage protocol implementing multiphoton. What is the meaning of coherent states of mean photon number? 2. How to describe the quantum...

Homework Statement A beam of neutrons (moving along the z-direction) consists of an incoherent superposition of two beams that were initially all polarized along the x- and y-direction, respectively. Using the Pauli spin matrices: \sigma_x = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \\...

I am reading Leonard Susskind's Theoretical Minimum book on Quantum Mechanics. Excercise 7.4 is as follows: Calculate the density matrix for ##|\Psi\rangle = \alpha|u\rangle + \beta|d\rangle##. Answer: $$ \psi(u) = \alpha, \quad \psi^*(u) = \alpha^* \\ \psi(d) = \beta, \quad \psi^*(d) =...

I want a QM textbook which introduces detail knowledge of density matrix and trace (i.e. the average), who can recommend one for me? Thank you.

Hi. I'm trying to prove that [\Omega] = \int dq \int dp \, \rho_{w}(q,p)\,\Omega_{w}(q,p) where \rho_{w}(q,p) = \frac{1}{2\pi\hbar} \int dy \, \langle q-\frac{y}{2}|\rho|q+\frac{y}{2}\rangle\,\exp(i\frac{py}{\hbar}) is the Wigner function, being \rho a density matrix. On the other hand...

I'm trying to solve a problem where I am given a few matrices and asked to determine if they could be density matrices or not and if they are if they represent pure or mixed ensembles. In the case of mixed ensembles, I should find a decomposition in terms of a sum of pure ensembles. The matrix...

Homework Statement Write the density operator $$\rho=\frac{1}{3}|u><u|+\frac{2}{3}|v><v|+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}(|u><v|+|v><u|, \quad where <u|v>=0$$ In matrix form Homework Equations $$\rho=\sum_i p_i |\psi><\psi|$$ The Attempt at a Solution [/B] The two first factors ##\frac{1}{3}|u><u|##...

If I have a Hamiltonian diagonal by blocks (H1 0; 0 H2), where H1 and H2 are square matrices, is the density matrix also diagonal by blocks in the same way?

What are the coordinates on the 3D Bloch ball of a qubit's mixed state of the form: ##\rho=p_{00}|0\rangle \langle 0|+p_{01}|0\rangle \langle 1|+p_{10}|1\rangle \langle 0|+p_{11}|1\rangle \langle 1|##

If you have a density matrix \rho, there is a basis |\psi_j\rangle such that \rho is diagonal in that basis. What are the conditions on \rho such that the basis that diagonalizes it is unique? It's easy enough to work out the answer in the simplest case, of a two-dimensional basis: Then \rho...

I'm reading this paper. But I haven't read anything on how to calculate the density operator in a QFT or how to calculate its trace. Now I can't follow this part of the paper. Can anyone clarify? Thanks

Homework Statement Consider an ensemble of spin 1 systems (a mixed state made of the spin 1 system). The density matrix is now a 3x3 matrix. How many independent parameters are needed to characterize the density matrix? What must we know in addition to Sx, Sy and Sz to characterize the mixed...

Homework Statement Given a density matrix of three qubit pure state, how can I know after do some transformation, this state belong to what class?. Class I mean here, either separable state, biseparable, GHZ state or W state? I mean here what is the indicator to me classify it? It is the...

Can any expert help me in explaining how this example below get the reduced density matrix from the density matrix in bipartite system. $$\rho =\frac{1}{4}\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 & cos(\frac{\alpha}{2})-sin(\frac{\alpha}{2}) & cos(\frac{\alpha}{2})+sin(\frac{\alpha}{2}) \\ 1 & 1 &...

It says in Susskind's TM: ##\langle L \rangle = Tr \; \rho L = \sum_{a,a'}L_{a',a} \rho_{a,a'}## with ##a## the index of a basisvector, ##L## an observable and ##\rho## a density matrix. Is this correct? What about the trace in the third part of this equation?

Homework Statement A system is subject to Hamiltonian ##\hat{H}=-\gamma B_z \hat{S}_z##. Write down the density matrix.[/B]Homework Equations For canonical ensemble ##\hat{\rho}=\frac{1}{Tr(e^{-\beta \hat{H}})}e^{-\beta \hat{H}}## In general ##\rho=\sum_m |\psi_m\rangle \langle \psi_m|## The...

I got (very) confused about the concept of states, pure states and mixed states. Is it correct that a linear combination of pure states is another pure state? Can pure (and mixed) states only be expressed in density matrices? Is a pure state expressed in a single density matrix, whereas mixed...

There is something that I don't quite understand or want clarification. See John Wheeler article "100 years of the quantum" http://arxiv.org/pdf/quant-ph/0101077v1.pdf refer to page 6 with parts of the quotes read "so if we could measure whether the card was in the alpha or beta-states, we...

For a state |\Psi(t)\rangle = \sum_{k}c_k e^{-iE_kt/\hbar}|E_k\rangle , the density matrix elements in the energy basis are \rho_{ab}(t) = c_a c^*_be^{-it(E_a -E_b)/\hbar} How is it that in the long time limit, this reduces to \rho_{ab}(t) \approx |c_a|^2 \delta_{ab} ? Is there some...

Homework Statement Homework Equations and attempt at solution I think I got the ground state, which can be expressed as |\Psi \rangle = \prod_{k}^{N}\hat{a}_{k}^{\dagger} |0 \rangle . Then for the density matrix I used: \langle...

Homework Statement Sakurai Modern Quantum Mechanics Revised Edition. Page 81. density matrix p = 3/4 [1 0; 0 0] + 1/4 [1/2 1/2; 1/2 1/2]. We leave it as an exercise to the reader the task of showing this ensemble can be decomposed in ways other than 3.4.24Homework Equations 3.4.24 w( sz +...

Good afternoon all, I'm investigating typical values of entropy for a subsystem of a 1D (non-interacting) spin chain. Most of the problem is essentially solved I've shown that a typical pure state of the entire chain is close (trace norm) to the state ##\Omega_S## when reduced. \Omega_S =...

The GHZ state is: |\psi> = \frac{|000> + |111>}{\sqrt2} To calculate density matrix we go from: GHZ = \frac{1}{2}(|000> + |111>)(<000| + <111|) GHZ = \frac{1}{2}( |000><000| + |111><111| + |111><000| + |000><111|) To: GHZ = 1/2[ \left( \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &...

Why density matrix renormalization group theory works only for 1D systems?

Hi, How do eigenvalues and eigenvectors relate to the density operator. Given the eigenvalues of a matrix, can they help to find the density operator ? I have seen the formula within http://www.quantiki.org/wiki/Density_matrix but given a matrix how do I work it out to get the density operator...

Hello, In the density matrix formalism I have read in numerous places that coherence is identified with the off-diagonal components of the density matrix. The motivation for this that is usually given is that if a state interacts with the environment in such a way that the basis state...

Hi everyone! I am trying to create the density matrix for a spin-1/2 particle that is in thermal equilibrium at temperature T, and in a constant magnetic field oriented in the x-direction. This is a fairly straightforward process, but I'm getting stuck on one little part. Before starting I...

Homework Statement density matrix : ρ(t)=0.5+0.5*a(t)⋅σ (a is a 3 dimensional vector and σ is paul victor) H=-μ*σ⋅B (B is a three dimensional magnetic field ) and also assume that in t=0 , ρ(0)=0.5+0.5*a(0)⋅σ whats is the motion equation of a(t)? Homework Equations whats is the motion equation...