Wigner formula of rotation matrices and quantum walks

dc.creatorMiyazaki, Takahiro
dc.creatorKatori, Makoto
dc.creatorKonno, Norio
dc.date2006-11-02
dc.date2007-06-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:21:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:21:49Z
dc.descriptionQuantization of a random-walk model is performed by giving a qudit (a multi-component wave function) to a walker at site and by introducing a quantum coin, which is a matrix representation of a unitary transformation. In quantum walks, the qudit of walker is mixed according to the quantum coin at each time step, when the walker hops to other sites. As special cases of the quantum walks driven by high-dimensional quantum coins generally studied by Brun, Carteret, and Ambainis, we study the models obtained by choosing rotation as the unitary transformation, whose matrix representations determine quantum coins. We show that Wigner's $(2j+1)$-dimensional unitary representations of rotations with half-integers $j$'s are useful to analyze the probability laws of quantum walks. For any value of half-integer $j$, convergence of all moments of walker's pseudovelocity in the long-time limit is proved. It is generally shown for the present models that, if $(2j+1)$ is even, the probability measure of limit distribution is given by a superposition of $(2j+1)/2$ terms of scaled Konno's density functions, and if $(2j+1)$ is odd, it is a superposition of $j$ terms of scaled Konno's density functions and a Dirac's delta function at the origin. For the two-, three-, and four-component models, the probability densities of limit distributions are explicitly calculated and their dependence on the parameters of quantum coins and on the initial qudit of walker is completely determined. Comparison with computer simulation results is also shown.
dc.descriptionv2: REVTeX4, 15 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611022
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611022
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A76 (2007) 012332/1-14
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.76.012332
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/135446
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subjectExactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
dc.titleWigner formula of rotation matrices and quantum walks
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