Publication: Quantum tomography and Schwinger's picture of quantum mechanics
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2022-07-08
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In this paper the problem of tomographic reconstruction of states is investigated within the so-called Schwingers picture of quantum mechanics in which a groupoid is associated with every quantum system. The attention is focussed on spin tomography: in this context the groupoid of interest is the groupoid of pairs over a finite set. In a nutshell, this groupoid is made up of transitions between all possible pairs of outcomes belonging to a finite set. In addition, these transitions possess a partial composition rule, generalizing the notion of groups. The main goal of the paper consists in providing a reconstruction formula for states on the groupoid-algebra associated with the observables of the system. Using the group of bisections of this groupoid, which are special subsets in one-to-one correspondence with the outcomes, a frame is defined and it is used to prove the validity of the tomographic reconstruction. The special case of the set of outcomes being the set of integers modulo n, with n odd prime, is considered in detail. In this case the subgroup of discrete affine linear transformations, whose graphs are linear subspaces of the groupoid, provides a quorum in close analogy with the continuous case.
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Contribution to the Special Collection 'Koopman Methods in Classical and Quantum-Classical Mechanics'.
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Quantum, Tomography, Schwinger's picture of quantum mechanics
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Ciaglia, F. M., Di Cosmo, F., Ibort, A., & Marmo, G. (2022). Quantum tomography and Schwinger’s picture of quantum mechanics. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 55(27), 274008.