Diagonalizability of quantum Markov States on trees

Abstract

We introduce quantum Markov states (QMS) in a general tree graph $G= (V, E)$, extending the Cayley tree's case. We investigate the Markov property w.r.t. the finer structure of the considered tree. The main result of this paper concerns the diagonalizability of a locally faithful QMS $\varphi$ on a UHF-algebra $\mathcal A_V$ over the considered tree by means of a suitable conditional expectation into a maximal abelian subalgebra. Namely, we prove the existence of a Umegaki conditional expectation $\mathfrak E : \mathcal A_V \to \mathcal D_V$ such that $$\varphi = \varphi_{\lceil \mathcal D_V}\circ \mathfrak E.$$ Moreover, we clarify the Markovian structure of the associated classical measure on the spectrum of the diagonal algebra $\mathcal D_V$.