A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Covariant KSGNS construction and quantum instruments




AuthorsHaapasalo E, Pellonpaa JP

PublisherWORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD

Publication year2017

JournalReviews in Mathematical Physics

Journal name in sourceREVIEWS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

Journal acronymREV MATH PHYS

Article numberARTN 1750020

Volume29

Issue7

Number of pages47

ISSN0129-055X

eISSN1793-6659

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1142/S0129055X17500209


Abstract
We study completely positive (CP) A-sesquilinear-form-valued maps on a unital C*-algebra B, where the sesquilinear forms operate on a module over a C*-algebra A. We also study the cases when either one or both of the algebras are von Neumann algebras. Moreover, we assume that the CP maps are covariant with respect to actions of a symmetry group. This allows us to view these maps as generalizations of covariant quantum instruments. We determine minimal covariant dilations (KSGNS constructions) for covariant CP maps to find necessary and sufficient conditions for a CP map to be extreme in convex subsets of normalized covariant CP maps. As a special case, we study covariant quantum observables and instruments whose value space is a transitive space of a unimodular type-I group. Finally, we discuss the case of instruments that are covariant with respect to a square-integrable representation.



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