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The quantum Loschmidt echo on flat tori

Mathematical Physics 2017-11-27 v1 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

The Quantum Loschmidt Echo is a measurement of the sensitivity of a quantum system to perturbations of the Hamiltonian. In the case of the standard 2-torus, we derive some explicit formulae for this quantity in the transition regime where it is expected to decay in the semiclassical limit. The expression involves both a two-microlocal defect measure of the initial data and the form of the perturbation. As an application, we exhibit a non-concentration criterium on the sequence of initial data under which one does not observe a macroscopic decay of the Quantum Loschmidt Echo. We also apply our results to several examples of physically relevant initial data such as coherent states and plane waves.

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@article{arxiv.1711.08735,
  title  = {The quantum Loschmidt echo on flat tori},
  author = {Gabriel Rivière and Henrik Ueberschaer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.08735},
  year   = {2017}
}

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34 pages

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