Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2008-03-06
Quantum information and many body quantum systems, Eds. M. Ericsson, S. Montangero, Pisa: Edizioni della Normale, pp 51-72, 20
Physics
Quantum Physics
19 pages latex, contribution to proceedings of "Quantum Information and Many-Body Quantum Systems" Workshop, 26-31 Mar 2007, P
Scientific paper
The Lieb-Robinson theorem states that locality is approximately preserved in the dynamics of quantum lattice systems. Whenever one has finite-dimensional constituents, observables evolving in time under a local Hamiltonian will essentially grow linearly in their support, up to exponentially suppressed corrections. In this work, we formulate Lieb-Robinson bounds for general harmonic systems on general lattices, for which the constituents are infinite-dimensional, as systems representing discrete versions of free fields or the harmonic approximation to the Bose-Hubbard model. We consider both local interactions as well as infinite-ranged interactions, showing how corrections to locality are inherited from the locality of the Hamiltonian: Local interactions result in stronger than exponentially suppressed corrections, while non-local algebraic interactions result in algebraic suppression. We derive bounds for canonical operators, Weyl operators and outline generalization to arbitrary operators. As an example, we discuss the Klein-Gordon field, and see how the approximate locality in the lattice model becomes the exact causality in the field limit. We discuss the applicability of these results to quenched lattice systems far from equilibrium, and the dynamics of quantum phase transitions.
Cramer Marcus
Eisert Jens
Serafini Alessio
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