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Geometric phase distributions for open quantum systems

K. -P. Marzlin, S. Ghose, B. C. Sanders

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0405052

Abstract

In an open system, the geometric phase should be described by a distribution. We show that a geometric phase distribution for open system dynamics is in general ambiguous, but the imposition of reasonable physical constraints on the environment and its coupling with the system yields a unique geometric phase distribution that applies even for mixed states, non-unitary dynamics, and non-cyclic evolutions.

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