Comonotonicity and Choquet integrals of Hermitian operators and their applications

In a quantum system with d-dimensional Hilbert space, the Q-function of a Hermitian positive semidefinite operator θ, is defined in terms of the d2 coherent states in this system. The Choquet integral of the Q-function of θ, is introduced using a ranking of the values of the Q-function, and Möbius t...

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Published inJournal of physics. A, Mathematical and theoretical Vol. 49; no. 14; pp. 145002 - 145037
Main Author Vourdas, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IOP Publishing 08.04.2016
Subjects
bounds for physical quantities
Choquet integrals
Coherence
coherent states
comonotonicity
Formalism
function
Functions (mathematics)
Integrals
Mathematical analysis
Operators
Operators (mathematics)
Transforms
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Summary:In a quantum system with d-dimensional Hilbert space, the Q-function of a Hermitian positive semidefinite operator θ, is defined in terms of the d2 coherent states in this system. The Choquet integral of the Q-function of θ, is introduced using a ranking of the values of the Q-function, and Möbius transforms which remove the overlaps between coherent states. It is a figure of merit of the quantum properties of Hermitian operators, and it provides upper and lower bounds to various physical quantities in terms of the Q-function. Comonotonicity is an important concept in the formalism, which is used to formalize the vague concept of physically similar operators. Comonotonic operators are shown to be bounded, with respect to an order based on Choquet integrals. Applications of the formalism to the study of the ground state of a physical system, are discussed. Bounds for partition functions, are also derived.
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ISSN:1751-8113
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DOI:10.1088/1751-8113/49/14/145002