The Quantum Adiabatic Theorem for Non-Hermitian Dynamics

Abstract:We establish a quantitative adiabatic estimate for a class of finite-dimensional non-Hermitian Schrödinger dynamics. The original non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is assumed to be diagonalizable with real spectrum and non-crossing eigenvalues. We then construct a dynamically compatible time-dependent metric operator, and its positive square root defines a Dyson map. The associated Dyson-transformed Hamiltonian is Hermitian. When this Dyson-transformed Hamiltonian satisfies the Hermitian adiabatic assumption, the standard resolvent-projection method gives an explicit adiabatic estimate in the Hermitian representation. Pulling this estimate back through the Dyson map gives an approximation in the original non-Hermitian representation. The resulting Dyson-pulled-back projections are then compared with the spectral projections of the original non-Hermitian Hamiltonian by using a contour-resolvent estimate. The final bound contains two contributions: the pulled-back Hermitian adiabatic error and the projection-comparison error. A two-level non-Hermitian model is presented to illustrate the hypotheses of the theorem and the two contributions appearing in the final estimate.

Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

arXiv:2607.19737 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2607.19737v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.19737 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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