Published June 1, 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

Invariant perfect tensors

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, FL 33431 (United States)
  • 3. Institut für Optik, Information und Photonik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
  • 4. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Canada)

Description

Invariant tensors are states in the SU(2) tensor product representation that are invariant under SU(2) action. They play an important role in the study of loop quantum gravity. On the other hand, perfect tensors are highly entangled many-body quantum states with local density matrices maximally mixed. Recently, the notion of perfect tensors has attracted a lot of attention in the fields of quantum information theory, condensed matter theory, and quantum gravity. In this work, we introduce the concept of an invariant perfect tensor (IPT), which is an n-valent tensor that is both invariant and perfect. We discuss the existence and construction of IPTs. For bivalent tensors, the IPT is the unique singlet state for each local dimension. The trivalent IPT also exists and is uniquely given by Wigner's 3 j symbol. However, we show that, surprisingly, 4-valent IPTs do not exist for any identical local dimension d. On the contrary, when the dimension is large, almost all invariant tensors are asymptotically perfect, which is a consequence of the phenomenon of the concentration of measure for multipartite quantum states. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa7235

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
19
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
[15 p.]
ISSN
1367-2630

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
51040780
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DENSITY MATRIX; LOOP QUANTUM GRAVITY; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; MATTER; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM STATES; TENSORS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; MATRICES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY