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摘要
The asymmetry properties of a state relative to some symmetry group specify how and to what extent the given symmetry is broken by the state. Characterizing these is found to be surprisingly useful for addressing a very common problem: to determine what follows from a system%26apos;s dynamics (possibly open) having that symmetry. We demonstrate and exploit the fact that the asymmetry properties of a state can be understood in terms of information-theoretic concepts. We show that for a pure state psi and a symmetry group G, they are completely specified by the characteristic function of the state, defined as chi(psi)(g) %26lt;psi broken vertical bar U (g) broken vertical bar psi %26gt;, where g is an element of G and U is the unitary representation of interest. Based on this observation, we study several important problems about the interconversion of pure states under symmetric dynamics, such as determining the conditions for reversible transformations, deterministic irreversible transformations, and asymptotic transformations.
- 出版日期2014-7-30
