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We derive the semiclassical series for the partition function of a one-dimensional quantum-mechanical system consisting of a particle in a single-well potential. We do this by applying the method of steepest descent to the path-integral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. A. A. de Carvalho , R. M. Cavalcanti , E. S. Fraga , S. E. Joras

As a model for the semiclassical analysis of quantum-mechanical systems with both potentials and boundary conditions, we construct the WKB propagator for a linear potential sloping away from an impenetrable boundary. First, we find all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 T. A. Zapata , S. A. Fulling

A method to approximate transmission probabilities for a nonseparable multidimensional barrier is applied to a waveguide model. The method uses complex barrier-crossing orbits to represent reaction probabilities in phase space and is…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Christopher S. Drew , Stephen C. Creagh , Richard H. Tew

We present a formalism for semiclassical time evolution in quantum mechanics, building on a century of work. We identify complex saddle points in real time, real saddle points in complex time, and complex saddle points in complex time that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-09 Oliver Janssen , Joel Karlsson , Flavio Riccardi , Mattia Varrone

This paper presents a simple model that mimics quantum mechanics (QM) results in terms of probability fields of free particles subject to self-interference, without using Schroedinger equation or complex wavefunctions. Unlike the standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Antonio Sciarretta

We propose a quantitative test for the validity of the semi-classical approximation in gravity, namely that the solutions to the semi-classical equations should be stable to linearized perturbations, in the sense that no gauge invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul R. Anderson , Carmen Molina-Paris , Emil Mottola

We introduce a minimalistic notion of semiclassical quantization and use it to prove that the convex hull of the semiclassical spectrum of a quantum system given by a collection of commuting operators converges to the convex hull of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-17 Álvaro Pelayo , Leonid Polterovich , San Vũ Ngoc

We deal with the $n$-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE) with a cubic nonlocal nonlinearity and an anti-Hermitian term, which is widely used model for the study of open quantum system. We construct asymptotic solutions to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Anton E. Kulagin , Alexander V. Shapovalov

This paper presents a simple model that mimics quantum mechanics (QM) results in terms of probability fields of free particles subject to self-interference, without using Schr\"{o}dinger equation or wavefunctions. Unlike the standard QM…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 Antonio Sciarretta

In a quantum revival, a localized wavepacket re-forms or "revives" into a compact reincarnation of itself long after it has spread in an unruly fashion over a region restricted only by the potential energy. This is a purely quantum…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 Zhexian Wang , Eric J. Heller

In recent years, various subspace algorithms have been developed to handle large-scale optimization problems. Although existing subspace Newton methods require fewer iterations to converge in practice, the matrix operations and full…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-05 Taisei Miyaishi , Ryota Nozawa , Pierre-Louis Poirion , Akiko Takeda

We study the decay of survival probability at quantum phase transitions (QPT). The semiclassical theory is found applicable in the vicinities of critical points with infinite degeneracy. The theory predicts a power law decay of the survival…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Wen-ge Wang , Pinquan Qin , Lewei He , Ping Wang

This tutorial introduces a systematic approach for addressing the key question of quantum metrology: For a generic task of sensing an unknown parameter, what is the ultimate precision given a constrained set of admissible strategies. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Qiushi Liu , Zihao Hu , Haidong Yuan , Yuxiang Yang

For the kinetic energy of 1d model finite systems the leading corrections to local approximations as a functional of the potential are derived using semiclassical methods. The corrections are simple, non-local functionals of the potential.…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-06-25 Attila Cangi , Donghyung Lee , Peter Elliott , Kieron Burke

A new non-perturbative approach to quantum theory in curved spacetime and to quantum gravity, based on a generalisation of the Wigner equation, is proposed. Our definition for a Wigner equation differs from what have otherwise been…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Frank Antonsen

A new method for the numerical solution of ODEs is presented. This approach is based on an approximate formulation of the Taylor methods that has a much easier implementation than the original Taylor methods, since only the functions in the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Antonio Baeza , Sebastiano Boscarino , Pep Mulet , Giovanni Russo , David Zorío

This paper first proposes the Halfway Escape Optimization (HEO) algorithm, a quantum-inspired metaheuristic designed to address general optimization problems. The HEO mimics the effects between quantum such as tunneling, entanglement. After…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jiawen Li , Anwar PP Abdul Majeed , Pascal Lefevre

In this article, we establish the \textsl{Wong-Zakai approximation} result for a class of stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) with fully local monotone coefficients perturbed by a multiplicative Wiener noise. This class of…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Ankit Kumar , Kush Kinra , Manil T. Mohan

A thorough account is given of the derivation of uniform semiclassical approximations to the particle and kinetic energy densities of N noninteracting bounded fermions in one dimension. The employed methodology allows the inclusion of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-21 Raphael F. Ribeiro , Kieron Burke

A fundamentally different approach to path integral quantum mechanics in curved space-time is presented, as compared to the standard approaches currently available in the literature. Within the context of scalar particle propagation in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-19 Dinesh Singh , Nader Mobed