Is the Adiabatic Approximation Inconsistent?
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
Marzlin and Sanders \cite{marzlin} have shown rigorously that the adiabatic approximation can be very inaccurate when applied to a Hamiltonian that generates the evolution even if it gives an excellent approximation to the evolution generated by a dual Hamiltonian . We show that this is not inconsistent with the adiabatic theorem and find that in general even if satisfies the conditions of the adiabatic theorem, will likely violate those conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0510131,
title = {Is the Adiabatic Approximation Inconsistent?},
author = {Solomon Duki and H. Mathur and Onuttom Narayan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0510131},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Expanded discussion of connection between Refs.[7] and [8] included