Quantum Wasserstein and Observability for Quantum Dynamics

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Abstract

In recent years, there have been several extensions of various tools and methods of optimal transport to the quantum setting. In particular, a pseudometric analogous to the Wasserstein distance of exponent 2 has been defined in [F. Golse, T. Paul, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 223 (2017) 57–94] for the purpose of comparing probability densities defined on Rd×Rd with density operators on L2(Rd). This pseudometric is particularly convenient if one seeks a quantitative error estimate for the classical limit of quantum dynamics. In this talk, we explain how to use this tool in order to study the observability problem for the Schrödinger or the von Neumann equations. Our analysis of this problem uses the quantum analogue of the Wasserstein distance, together with a geometric condition on the classical trajectories corresponding to the quantum dynamics under a condition analogous to the Bardos-Lebeau-Rauch geometric condition for the exact controllability of the wave equation [C. Bardos, G. Lebeau, J. Rauch, SIAM J. Control Opti. 30 (1992) 1024–1065]. The material presented in this paper is a review of a series of joint works with T. Paul, especially [Math. Models Methods Appl. Sciences, 32 (2022) 941–963].

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrom Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations - PSPDE X 2022
EditorsEric Carlen, Patrícia Gonçalves, Ana Jacinta Soares
PublisherSpringer
Pages129-148
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print)9783031651946
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2024
Event10th International Conference on Particle Systems and Partial Differential Equations, PSPDE 2022 - Braga, Portugal
Duration: 26 Jun 202230 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume465
ISSN (Print)2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)2194-1017

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Particle Systems and Partial Differential Equations, PSPDE 2022
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityBraga
Period26/06/2230/06/22

Keywords

  • Lions’ Hilbert Uniqueness Method (HUM)
  • Observability
  • Schrödinger equation
  • Von Neumann equation
  • Wasserstein distance

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