Macro-to-micro quantum mapping and the emergence of nonlinearity
arXiv:2007.14370 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.103.052210
Abstract
As a universal theory of physics, quantum mechanics must assign states to every level of description of a system -- from a full microscopic description, all the way up to an effective macroscopic characterization -- and also to describe the interconnections among them. Assuming that we only have a coarse-grained access to a physical system, here we show how to assign to it a microscopic description that abides by all macroscopic constraints. In order to do that, we employ general coarse-graining maps, allowing our approach to be used even when the split between system and environment is not obvious. As a by-product, we show how effective nonlinear dynamics can emerge from the linear quantum evolution, and we readily apply it to a state discrimination task.
5+5 pages, 3 figures. V3: Accepted version. To appear in Phys. Rev. A. Comments are welcome
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