Measurement-induced dynamics and emergent symmetries of particles moving in a one-dimensional lattice

Abstract:Continuous measurements simultaneously reveal and modify the dynamics of a quantum system. In this work we consider the tunneling motion of particles between the sites of a one-dimensional lattice. We investigate how weak continuous probing of the occupation of a single lattice site induces entanglement and selects definite values for system properties such as wave function parity and permutation symmetry. Our simulations show how continuous measurement can steer systems of two and three particles, with no prior permutation symmetry, into stable bosonic, fermionic and parastatistical symmetry sectors.

arXiv:2609.40026 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2609.40026v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

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