arXiv · 2603.05824
Gaussian dynamics in the double Siegel disk
Abstract
We show that deterministic multimode Gaussian channels admit a symmetric-space description. Passing from the n-mode Siegel disk to a doubled version of that space lets general Gaussian dynamics act by a linear-fractional (Mobius) transformation on a single matrix parameter. This doubled disk naturally parametrizes Gaussian kernels in the Fock-Bargmann representation, and contains an explicit physical subset corresponding to valid mixed Gaussian states. Starting from the standard X,Y parametrization of a deterministic Gaussian channel, we construct a normalized oscillator-semigroup element whose fractional action reproduces the channel update on that subset; Gaussian unitaries appear as the symplectic, isometric special case. This gives a bridge between covariance-matrix channel theory and the adjacency-matrix or symmetric-space picture, preserves a simple composition law given by matrix multiplication of the acting blocks, and suggests a direct route to graphical update rules beyond pure states.
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Giacomo Pantaleoni, Nicolas C. Menicucci. 2026-03-06. Gaussian dynamics in the double Siegel disk. https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05824
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