MARKOV STATES AND CHAINS ON THE CAR ALGEBRA

Abstract

We introduce the notion of Markov states and chains on the Canonical Anticommutation Relations algebra over ℤ, emphasizing some remarkable differences with the infinite tensor product case. We describe the structure of the Markov states on this algebra and show that, contrarily to the infinite tensor product case, not all these states are diagonalizable. A general method to construct nontrivial quantum Markov chains on the CAR algebra is also proposed and illustrated by some pivotal examples. This analysis provides a further step for a satisfactory theory of quantum Markov processes.