(GQR51/OperA_3) Contraction of Admissibility Distance under Amplitude Damping and Non-Unital Quantum Noise

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Authors: JAMES SUTTON
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Abstract

Resource-theoretic measures of quantum channels are useful only ifthey remain mathematically controlled under physically realistic noise. Weinvestigate the behaviour of the operational admissibility distance undernon-unital completely positive trace-preserving maps. Using amplitudedamping as a canonical model of energy relaxation, we show that althoughnon-unital channels possess an affine component in their Bloch representation, this contribution cancels identically on trace-annihilating channeldifferences, leaving contraction governed solely by the linear action onthe traceless operator subspace. This yields an explicit contraction coefficient, a bipartite suppression factor, and an exponential persistence lawunder repeated local noise. These results extend the admissibility-distanceframework from idealized unital channels to dissipative noise models, establishing mathematically controlled resource contraction in physicallyrealistic settings and providing a rigorous foundation for analysing dynamical nonlocality under energy relaxation.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Information and Cryptography Quantum Mechanics and Applications Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
24 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint