Published January 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Contraction coefficients for noisy quantum channels

  • 1. Tohoku University, Hakusan 3-8-16-303, Abiko 270-1154 (Japan)
  • 2. Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 (Canada)

Description

Generalized relative entropy, monotone Riemannian metrics, geodesic distance, and trace distance are all known to decrease under the action of quantum channels. We give some new bounds on, and relationships between, the maximal contraction for these quantities

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Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 015211-015211.33
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47049510
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
DISTANCE; ENTROPY; METRICS
Descriptors DEC
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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