Stability of Quantum States of Finite Macroscopic Systems
Abstract
We study the stabilities of quantum states of macroscopic systems, against noises, against perturbations from environments, and against local measurements. We show that the stabilities are closely related to the cluster property, which describes the strength of spatial correlations of fluctuations of local observables, and to fluctuations of additive operators. The present theory has many applications, among which we discuss the mechanism of phase transitions in finite systems and quantum computers with a huge number of qubits.
- Publication:
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Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Physics
- Pub Date:
- February 2003
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:quant-ph/0202096
- Bibcode:
- 2003faqp.conf...68S
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of the Japan-Italy Joint Waseda Workshop on "Fundamental Problems in Quantum Mechanics", 27-29 September, 2001, Tokyo, Japan. (Edited by S. Tasaki, to be published from World Scientific, 2002) 7 pages, no figures