Systems Of Distinguishable Particles Research Articles

Moments of Random Quantum Marginals via Weingarten Calculus

Abstract The randomized quantum marginal problem asks about the joint distribution of the partial traces (“marginals”) of a uniform random Hermitian operator with fixed spectrum acting on a space of tensors. We introduce a new approach to this problem based on studying the mixed moments of the entries of the marginals. For randomized quantum marginal problems that describe systems of distinguishable particles, bosons, or fermions, we prove formulae for these mixed moments, which determine the joint distribution of the marginals completely. Our main tool is Weingarten calculus, which provides a method for computing integrals of polynomial functions with respect to Haar measure on the unitary group. As an application, in the case of two distinguishable particles, we prove some results on the asymptotic behavior of the marginals as the dimension of one or both Hilbert spaces goes to infinity.

Cluster expansion of the many-body Feynman path-integral for hard spheres

We apply a recently developed technique, which is based on a cluster expansion of the many-body Feynman path-integral, to the case of a dense system of distinguishable particles interacting with a hard-sphere potential. We find that our quantum hypernetted-chain approximation yields accurate results for the pair distribution function as compared to path-integral Monte Carlo results even in the high density regime.

Ensemble Equivalence for Distinguishable Particles

Statistics of distinguishable particles has become relevant in systems of colloidal particles and in the context of applications of statistical mechanics to complex networks. In this paper, we present evidence that a commonly used expression for the partition function of a system of distinguishable particles leads to huge fluctuations of the number of particles in the grand canonical ensemble and, consequently, to nonequivalence of statistical ensembles. We will show that the alternative definition of the partition function including, naturally, Boltzmann’s correct counting factor for distinguishable particles solves the problem and restores ensemble equivalence. Finally, we also show that this choice for the partition function does not produce any inconsistency for a system of distinguishable localized particles, where the monoparticular partition function is not extensive.

Fraction of isospectral states exhibiting quantum correlations

For several types of correlations: mixed-state entanglement in systems of distinguishable particles, particle entanglement in systems of indistinguishable bosons and fermions and non-Gaussian correlations in fermionic systems we estimate the fraction of non-correlated states among the density matrices with the same spectra. We prove that for the purity exceeding some critical value (depending on the considered problem) fraction of non-correlated states tends to zero exponentially fast with the dimension of the relevant Hilbert space. As a consequence a state randomly chosen from the set of density matrices possessing the same spectra is asymptotically a correlated one. To prove this we developed a systematic framework for detection of correlations via nonlinear witnesses.

Unified view on linear response of interacting identical and distinguishable particles from multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree methods.

A unified view on linear response of interacting systems utilizing multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree methods is presented. The cases of one-particle and two-particle response operators for identical particles and up to all-system response operators for distinguishable degrees-of-freedom are considered. The working equations for systems of identical bosons and identical fermions, as well for systems of distinguishable particles are explicitly derived. These linear-response theories - applicable for discrete excitation spectra - provide numerically exact excitation energies and system's properties, when numerical convergence is achieved in the calculations.

A link between quantum entanglement, secant varieties and sphericity

In this paper, we shed light on the relations between three concepts studied in representation theory, algebraic geometry and quantum information theory. First—spherical actions of reductive groups on projective spaces. Second—secant varieties of homogeneous projective varieties, and the related notions of rank and border rank. Third—quantum entanglement. Our main result concerns the relation between the problem of the state reconstruction from its reduced one-particle density matrices and the minimal number of separable summands in its decomposition. More precisely, we show that sphericity implies that states of a given rank cannot be approximated by states of a lower rank. We call states for which such an approximation is possible exceptional states. For three, important from a quantum entanglement perspective, cases of distinguishable, fermionic and bosonic particles, we also show that non-sphericity implies the existence of exceptional states. Remarkably, the exceptional states belong to non-bipartite entanglement classes. In particular, we show that the W-type states and their appropriate modifications are exceptional states stemming from the second secant variety for three cases above. We point out that the existence of the exceptional states is a physical obstruction for deciding the local unitary equivalence of states by means of the one-particle-reduced density matrices. Finally, for a number of systems of distinguishable particles with a known orbit structure, we list all exceptional states and discuss their possible importance in entanglement theory.

Local operation on identical particles systems

We describe identical particles through their extrinsic physical properties and operationally with an operator of selective measure Mm. The operator Mm is formed through non-symmetrized tensor product of one-particle measurement operators, so that it does not commute with the permutation operator P. This operator of selective measure Mm is a local operation (LO) if it acts on physical systems of distinguishable particles, but when Mm acts on the Hilbert sub-space of a system with a constant number of indistinguishable particles this can generate entanglement in the system. We will call entanglement by measurement (EbM), this way of producing entanglement. In this framework, we show entangle production examples for systems of two fermions (or bosons) when the operator Mm has two-particle events that are not mutually exclusive.

Statistics of Distinguishable Particles and Resolution of the Gibbs Paradox of the First Kind

In physics, there are two distinct paradoxes, which are both known as the “Gibbs paradox”. This article is concerned with only one of them: the false increase in entropy, which is calculated from the process of combining two gases of the same kind consisting of distinguishable particles. In the following, this paradox will be referred to as the Gibbs paradox of the first kind (GP1). (Two particles are said to be distinguishable if they are either non-identical, that is, if they have different properties, or if they are identical and there are microstates which change under transposition of the two particles.) The GP1 is demonstrated and subsequently analyzed. The analysis shows that, for (quantum or classical) systems of distinguishable particles, it is generally uncertain of which particles they consist. The neglect of this uncertainty is the root of the GP1. For the statistical description of a system of distinguishable particles, an underlying set of particles, containing all particles that in principle qualify for being part of the system, is assumed to be known. Of which elements of this underlying particle set the system is composed, differs from microstate to microstate. Thus, the system is described by an ensemble of possible particle compositions. The uncertainty about the particle composition contributes to the entropy of the system. Systems for which all possible particle compositions are equiprobable will be called harmonic. Classical systems of distinguishable identical particles are harmonic as a matter of principle; quantum or classical systems of non-identical particles are not necessarily harmonic, since for them the composition probabilities depend individually on the preparation of the system. Harmonic systems with the same underlying particle set are always correlated; hence, for harmonic systems, the entropy is no longer additive and loses its thermodynamic meaning. A quantity derived from entropy is introduced, the reduced entropy, which, for harmonic systems, replaces the entropy as thermodynamic potential. For identical classical particles, the equivalence (in particular with respect to the second law of thermodynamics) between distinguishability and indistinguishability is proved. The resolution of the GP1 is demonstrated applying the previously found results.

Trigonometric Sutherland systems and their Ruijsenaars duals from symplectic reduction

Beside its usual interpretation as a system of n indistinguishable particles moving on the circle, the trigonometric Sutherland system can be viewed alternatively as a system of distinguishable particles on the circle or on the line, and these three physically distinct systems are in duality with corresponding variants of the rational Ruijsenaars–Schneider system. We explain that the three duality relations, first obtained by Ruijsenaars in 1995, arise naturally from the Kazhdan–Kostant–Sternberg symplectic reductions of the cotangent bundles of the group U(n) and its covering groups U(1)×SU(n) and R×SU(n), respectively. This geometric interpretation enhances our understanding of the duality relations and simplifies Ruijsenaars’ original direct arguments that led to their discovery.

Thermodynamics of the System of Distinguishable Particles

The issue of the thermodynamics of a system of distinguishable particles is discussed in this paper. In constructing the statistical mechanics of distinguishable particles from the definition of Boltzmann entropy, it is found that the entropy is not extensive. The inextensivity leads to the so-called Gibbs paradox in which the mixing entropy of two identical classical gases increases. Lots of literature from different points of view were created to resolve the paradox. In this paper, starting from the Boltzmann entropy, we present the thermodynamics of the system of distinguishable particles. A straightforward way to get the corrected Boltzmann counting is shown. The corrected Boltzmann counting factor can be justified in classical statistical mechanics.

Thermodynamics of the System of Distinguishable Particles

The issue of the thermodynamics of a system of distinguishable particles is discussed in this paper. In constructing the statistical mechanics of distinguishable particles from the definition of Boltzmann entropy, it is found that the entropy is not extensive. The inextensivity leads to the so-called Gibbs paradox in which the mixing entropy of two identical classical gases increases. Lots of literature from different points of view were created to resolve the paradox. In this paper, starting from the Boltzmann entropy, we present the thermodynamics of the system of distinguishable particles. A straightforward way to get the corrected Boltzmann counting is shown. The corrected Boltzmann counting factor can be justified in classical statistical mechanics.

Generalized local interactions in 1D: solutions of quantum many-body systems describing distinguishable particles

As is well-known, there exists a four parameter family of local interactions in 1D. We interpret these parameters as coupling constants of delta-type interactions which include different kinds of momentum dependent terms, and we determine all cases leading to many-body systems of distinguishable particles which are exactly solvable by the coordinate Bethe Ansatz. We find two such families of systems, one with two independent coupling constants deforming the well-known delta interaction model to non-identical particles, and the other with a particular one-parameter combination of the delta- and (so-called) delta-prime interaction. We also find that the model of non-identical particles gives rise to a somewhat unusual solution of the Yang-Baxter relations. For the other model we write down explicit formulas for all eigenfunctions.

Moments of generalized Husimi distributions and complexity of many-body quantum states

We consider generalized Husimi distributions for many-body systems, and show that their moments are good measures of complexity of many-body quantum states. Our construction of the Husimi distribution is based on the coherent state of the single-particle transformation group. Then the coherent states are independent-particle states, and, at the same time, the most localized states in the Husimi representation. Therefore delocalization of the Husimi distribution, which can be measured by the moments, is a sign of many-body correlation (entanglement). Since the delocalization of the Husimi distribution is also related to chaoticity of the dynamics, it suggests a relation between entanglement and chaos. Our definition of the Husimi distribution can be applied not only to systems of distinguishable particles, but also to those of identical particles, i.e., fermions and bosons. We derive an algebraic formula to evaluate the moments of the Husimi distribution.

Describing mixed spin-space entanglement of pure states of indistinguishable particles using an occupation-number basis

Quantum mechanical entanglement is a resource for quantum computation, quantum teleportation, and quantum cryptography. The ability to quantify this resource correctly has thus become of great interest to those working in the field of quantum information theory. In this paper, we show that all existing entanglement measures but one fail important tests of fitness when applied to n particle, m site states of indistinguishable particles, where n,m>=2. The accepted method of measuring the entanglement of a bipartite system of distinguishable particles is to use the von Neumann entropy of the reduced density matrix of one half of the system. We show that expressing the full density matrix using a site-spin occupation number basis, and reducing with respect to that basis, gives an entanglement which meets all currently known fitness criteria for systems composed of either distinguishable or indistinguishable particles. We consider an output state from a previously published thought experiment, a state which is entangled in both spin and spatial degrees of freedom, and show that the site entropy measure gives the correct total entanglement. We also show how the spin-space entanglement transfer occurring within the apparatus can be understood in terms of the transfer of probability from single-occupancy to double-occupancy sectors of the density matrix.

Entanglement and Properties of Composite Quantum Systems: A Conceptual and Mathematical Analysis

Various topics concerning the entanglement of composite quantum systems are considered with particular emphasis concerning the strict relations of such a problem with the one of attributing objective properties to the constituents. Most of the paper deals with composite systems in pure states. After a detailed discussion and a precise formal analysis of the case of systems of distinguishable particles, the problems of entanglement and the one of the properties of subsystems of systems of identical particles are thoroughly discussed. This part is the most interesting and new and it focuses in all details various subtle questions which have never been adequately discussed in the literature. Some inappropriate assertions which appeared in recent papers are analyzed. The relations of the main subject of the paper with the nonlocal aspects of quantum mechanics, as well as with the possibility of deriving Bell's inequality are also considered.

Ursell operators in statistical physics I: Generalizing the Beth Uhlenbeck formula

The Beth Uhlenbeck formula gives an exact (quantum) expression of the second virial correction to the equation of state of a (slightly degenerate) dilute gas. We show how this result can be extended to arbitrary degeneracy provided that the interaction potential has a sufficiently short range. For this purpose we develop a formalism based on the use of Ursell operators, which contain no symmetrization in themselves (they correspond to an auxiliary system of distinguishable particles) and we show how they can also be used for a system of identical particles. A concise expression generalizing the Beth Uhlenbeck formula is obtained, which is equally valid for bosons and fermions. Higher order corrections are also introduced. The formalism is rather general and will be applied to other cases in forthcoming articles

On the mean field description of systems of point particles in equilibrium

The free energy of a classical system of interacting point particles confined to a hypersurface Σ v -1 r in R v is minimized over the set of all product states corresponding to systems of noninteracting particles in equilibrium. Using techniques previously employed by Tindemans and Capel, it is shown that for separable interactions the exact free energy density is equal in the thermodynamic limit to that given by the minimizing product state. The equation for the minimizing product state has a unique solution analytic in β = ( kT) -1 above some temperature T c, proving absence of phase transitions above T c. Analogous theorems are proved for infinite- dimensional quantum systems of distinguishable particles. The method is applied to a system of coupled oscillators on a sphere in R v which, as shown, is equivalent to the Curie-Weiss model.

Correlation inequalities and the thermodynamic limit for classical and quantum continuous systems

We use Ginibre's general formulation of Griffiths' inequalities to derive new correlation inequalities for two-component classical and quantum mechanical systems of distinguishable particles interacting via two body potentials of positive type. As a consequence we obtain existence of the thermodynamic limit of the thermodynamic and correlation functions in the grand canonical ensemble at arbitrary temperatures and chemical potentials. For a large class of systems we show that the limiting correlation functions are clustering. (In a subsequent article these results are extended to the correlation functions of two-component quantum mechanical gases with Bose-Einstein statistics). Finally, a general construction of the thermodynamic limit of the pressure for gases which are not H-stable, above collapse temperature, is presented.