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Title: Chaos in quantum channels

Abstract

For this research, we study chaos and scrambling in unitary channels by considering their entanglement properties as states. Using out-of-time-order correlation functions to diagnose chaos, we characterize the ability of a channel to process quantum information. We show that the generic decay of such correlators implies that any input subsystem must have near vanishing mutual information with almost all partitions of the output. Additionally, we propose the negativity of the tripartite information of the channel as a general diagnostic of scrambling. This measures the delocalization of information and is closely related to the decay of out-of-time-order correlators. We back up our results with numerics in two non-integrable models and analytic results in a perfect tensor network model of chaotic time evolution. In conclusion, these results show that the butterfly effect in quantum systems implies the information-theoretic definition of scrambling.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  2. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Perimeter Inst. for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON (Canada); California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1327290
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012567
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2016; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer Berlin
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; AdS-CFT Correspondence; Holography and condensed matter physics (AdS/CMT); Gauge-gravity correspondence; Random Systems

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Hosur, Pavan, Qi, Xiao-Liang, Roberts, Daniel A., and Yoshida, Beni. Chaos in quantum channels. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2016)004.
Hosur, Pavan, Qi, Xiao-Liang, Roberts, Daniel A., & Yoshida, Beni. Chaos in quantum channels. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)004
Hosur, Pavan, Qi, Xiao-Liang, Roberts, Daniel A., and Yoshida, Beni. Mon . "Chaos in quantum channels". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2016)004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327290.
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abstractNote = {For this research, we study chaos and scrambling in unitary channels by considering their entanglement properties as states. Using out-of-time-order correlation functions to diagnose chaos, we characterize the ability of a channel to process quantum information. We show that the generic decay of such correlators implies that any input subsystem must have near vanishing mutual information with almost all partitions of the output. Additionally, we propose the negativity of the tripartite information of the channel as a general diagnostic of scrambling. This measures the delocalization of information and is closely related to the decay of out-of-time-order correlators. We back up our results with numerics in two non-integrable models and analytic results in a perfect tensor network model of chaotic time evolution. In conclusion, these results show that the butterfly effect in quantum systems implies the information-theoretic definition of scrambling.},
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journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 2016,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2016},
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