Aligned SICs and embedded tight frames in even dimensions. (24th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Andersson, Ole; Dumitru, Irina
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 52:Number 42(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09-24
• Subjects: SIC-POVM -- frame theory -- Weyl–Heisenberg group -- symmetry -- parity operator -- Chinese remainder; Mathematical physics -- Periodicals; Statistical physics -- Periodicals; Quantum theory -- Periodicals; Matter -- Properties -- Periodicals; 530.105
• DOI: 10.1088/1751-8121/ab434e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-8113

Abstract

Abstract: Alignment is a geometric relation between pairs of Weyl–Heisenberg SICs, one in dimension d and another in dimension, manifesting a well-founded conjecture about a number-theoretical connection between the SICs. In this paper, we prove that if d is even, the SIC in dimension of an aligned pair can be partitioned into ( d − 2) 2 tight d 2 -frames of rank and, alternatively, into d 2 tight ( d − 2) 2 -frames of rank . The corresponding result for odd d is already known, but the proof for odd d relies on results which are not available for even d . We develop methods that allow us to overcome this issue. In addition, we provide a relatively detailed study of parity operators in the Clifford group, emphasizing differences in the theory of parity operators in even and odd dimensions and discussing consequences due to such differences. In a final section, we study implications of alignment for the symmetry of the SIC.