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Stellar Representation of Multipartite Antisymmetric States

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Pure quantum spin-s states can be represented by 2s points on the sphere, as shown by Majorana (Nuovo Cimento 9:43–50, 1932)—the description has proven particularly useful in the study of rotational symmetries of the states, and a host of other properties, as the points rotate rigidly on the sphere when the state undergoes an SU(2) transformation in Hilbert space. We present here an extension of this representation to multipartite, totally antisymmetric (under exchange of any two qudits) states, widely known in the form of Slater determinants, and linear combinations thereof. Such states generally involve a superposition of various spin values, giving rise to a family of Majorana-like constellations, that captures their rotational transformation properties. We also point out that our results apply equally well to the characterization of degenerate linear subspaces of the Hilbert space of a single spin, of the type that appear in the Wilczek–Zee effect, and comment on potential applications to holonomic quantum computing.

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The authors would like to acknowledge partial financial support from UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT projects IG100316 and IN111920. ESE would also like to acknowledge financial support from the T@T fellowship of the University of Tübingen.

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    C. Chryssomalakos, E. Guzmán-González & L. Hanotel

  2. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany

    E. Serrano-Ensástiga

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Chryssomalakos, C., Guzmán-González, E., Hanotel, L. et al. Stellar Representation of Multipartite Antisymmetric States. Commun. Math. Phys. 381, 735–764 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-020-03918-7

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