SO(n) Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki states as conformal boundary states of integrable SU(n) spin chains

This paper constructs SO(n)\mathrm{SO}(n)-symmetric conformal boundary states in the SU(n)1\mathrm{SU}(n)_1 Wess-Zumino-Witten conformal field theory by embedding Spin(n)2\mathrm{Spin}(n)_2, identifies them as ground states of SO(n)\mathrm{SO}(n) Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki spin chains within the integrable SU(n)\mathrm{SU}(n) Uimin-Lai-Sutherland model, and analytically computes their boundary entropy using exact overlap formulas.

Yueshui Zhang, Ying-Hai Wu, Meng Cheng + 1 more2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Decoherent histories with(out) objectivity in a (broken) apparatus

This paper demonstrates that while approximate decoherent histories emerge in both measurement and scrambling phases of a solvable quantum model, true classicality characterized by environment-induced decoherence and preferred pointer states is uniquely distinguished by the non-ergodicity and correlation with the measured qubit found only in the measurement apparatus phase.

Benoît Ferté, Davide Farci, Xiangyu Cao2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Driven-Dissipative Landau Polaritons: Two Highly Nonlinearly-Coupled Quantum Harmonic Oscillators

This paper demonstrates that a driven-dissipative system coupling the Landau levels of a charge-neutral particle in a synthetic gauge potential to a quantized optical cavity can be effectively modeled as two highly nonlinearly coupled quantum harmonic oscillators, giving rise to hybrid "Landau polaritons" with unique entanglement, squeezing, and diverse nonequilibrium dynamics.

Farokh Mivehvar2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Design and Dynamics of Two-Qubit Gates with Motional States of Electrons on Helium

This paper demonstrates that time-dependent tuning of confining potentials in electron-on-helium systems enables fast, high-fidelity two-qubit gates (specifically iSWAP\sqrt{i\mathrm{SWAP}} and CZ) with minimal control-induced errors, providing a methodology to isolate these effects from environmental noise for future device design.

Oskar Leinonen, Jonas B. Flaten, Stian D. Bilek, Øyvind S. Schøyen, Morten Hjorth-Jensen, Niyaz R. Beysengulov, Zachary J. Stewart, Jared D. Weidman, Angela K. Wilson2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Gaussian fermionic embezzlement of entanglement

This paper demonstrates that Gaussian operations are sufficient to embezzlement arbitrary Gaussian entangled states from ground states of non-interacting critical fermions, establishing embezzlement as a generic property of fermionic Gaussian states and bridging finite-size systems with abstract von Neumann algebra classifications through novel distance bounds.

Alessia Kera, Lauritz van Luijk, Alexander Stottmeister, Henrik Wilming2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Strong Disorder Renormalization Group Method for Bond Disordered Antiferromagnetic Quantum Spin Chains with Long Range Interactions: Excited States and Finite Temperature Properties

This paper extends the strong disorder renormalization group method to analyze excited states and finite temperature properties of bond-disordered antiferromagnetic quantum spin chains with both short-range and long-range power-law interactions, deriving key thermodynamic and entanglement characteristics while characterizing the distribution of coupling signs and amplitudes.

Stefan Kettemann2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Mixed-State Measurement-Induced Phase Transitions in Imaginary-Time Dynamics

This paper introduces measurement-dressed imaginary-time evolution (MDITE) as a novel framework for studying mixed-state phase transitions driven by the competition between coherence-restoring dynamics and decoherence, demonstrating the existence of new critical behaviors in one- and two-dimensional models that fall outside known universality classes.

Yi-Ming Ding, Zenan Liu, Xu Tian, Zhe Wang, Yanzhang Zhu, Zheng Yan2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Metabolic quantum limit to the information capacity of magnetoencephalography

By combining the energy resolution limits of quantum sensors with the human brain's metabolic power, this paper establishes a technology-independent fundamental bound of approximately 2.2 Mbit/s on the information capacity of magnetoencephalography, revealing an inherent spatio-temporal trade-off that limits the spatial complexity of detectable neural patterns.

E. Gkoudinakis, S. Li, I. K. Kominis2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Comparing quantum channels using Hermitian-preserving trace-preserving linear maps: A physically meaningful approach

This paper establishes a physically meaningful preorder for comparing quantum channels by demonstrating that one channel can be derived from another via a Hermitian-preserving trace-preserving (but not necessarily positive) linear map if their output statistics are distinguishable, thereby providing a framework to quantify implementation difficulty and analyze device incompatibility.

Arindam Mitra, Jatin Ghai2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

A regularisation method to obtain analytical solutions to the de Broglie Bohm wave equation

This paper introduces a variational regularisation framework that combines Fisher information and flux closure to derive analytical solutions for the stationary de Broglie–Bohm wave equation, revealing a systematic inverse-square potential term and a geometric length scale that naturally reduces to the reduced Compton wavelength when the coupling parameter equals Planck's constant.

Anand Aruna Kumar, S. K. Srivatsa, Rajesh Tengli2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph

Analytical study of birefringent cavities for axion-like dark matter search

This study develops a rigorous, nonperturbative framework to quantify how mirror birefringence and polarization misalignment degrade sensitivity in axion-like particle searches, revealing that while misalignment effects can be mitigated through postselection, birefringence introduces a distinct high-mass resonance peak that necessitates careful consideration in high-precision optical-cavity experiments.

Tadashi Kuramoto, Yasutaka Imai, Takahiko Masuda + 3 more2026-03-06⚛️ quant-ph