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We investigate signal propagation in a quantum field simulator of the Klein-Gordon model realized by two strongly coupled parallel one-dimensional quasi-condensates. By measuring local phononic fields after a quench, we observe the…

We show that excitations of interacting quantum particles in lattice models always propagate with a finite speed of sound. Our argument is simple yet general and shows that by focusing on the physically relevant observables one can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-17 Norbert Schuch , Sarah K. Harrison , Tobias J. Osborne , Jens Eisert

We study a new approach to generally covariant quantum mechanics applied in the case of an FLRW cosmological background. For positive spatial curvature we find a discrete series of solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation that can reasonably…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-13 Edwin Beggs , Shahn Majid

In this paper, we consider Klein-Gordon equations with cubic nonlinearity in three spatial dimensions, which are Hamiltonian perturbations of the linear one with potential. It is assumed that the corresponding Klein-Gordon operator $B =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Zhen Lei , Jie Liu , Zhaojie Yang

The Lieb-Robinson correlation function is the norm of a commutator between local operators acting on separate subsystems at different times. This provides a useful state-independent measure for characterizing the specifically quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Brendan J. Mahoney , Craig S. Lent

We show that the boundary conditions entering in the definition of the self-adjoint operator describing the Laplacian plus a finite number of point interactions are local if and only if the corresponding wave equation has finite speed of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pavel Kurasov , Andrea Posilicano

We consider for the first time the solutions of Klein-Gordon equation in gravitational field of {\em a massive} point source in GR. We examine numerically the basic bounded quantum state and the next few states in the discrete spectrum for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 P. P. Fiziev , T. L. Bojadjiev , D. A. Georgieva

In this paper we discuss some exact results related to the fractional Klein--Gordon equation involving fractional powers of the D'Alembert operator. By means of a space-time transformation, we reduce the fractional Klein--Gordon equation to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-21 Roberto Garra , Enzo Orsingher , Federico Polito

Action at distance in Newtonian physics is replaced by finite propagation speeds in classical post--Newtonian physics. As a result, the differential equations of motion in Newtonian physics are replaced by functional differential equations,…

General Physics · Physics 2010-01-22 Jaume Giné

A system of coupled kinetic transport equations for the Wigner distributions of a free variable mass Klein-Gordon field is derived. This set of equations is formally equivalent to the full wave equation for electromagnetic waves in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. P. Santos , L. O. Silva

Wick's theorem in the Schwinger-Perel-Keldysh closed-time-loop formalism is written in a form where the place of contractions is taken by the linear response function of the field. This result demonstrates that the physical information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 L. I. Plimak , S. Stenholm

The Klein-Gordon equation in the presence of a spatially one-dimensional Hulth\'en potential is solved exactly and the scattering solutions are obtained in terms of hypergeometric functions. The transmission coefficient is derived by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-16 Jian You Guo , Xiang Zheng Fang , Chuan Mei Xie

We consider the complex, massive Klein-Gordon field living in the noncommutative space, and coupled to noncommutative electromagnetic fields. After employing the Seiberg-Witten map to first order, we analyze the noncommutative Klein-Gordon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Muthukumar

The massive, real scalar field described by the Klein-Gordon equation in one spatial dimension is the most elementary example of a bosonic quantum field theory. It has been investigated for many decades either as a simple academic theory or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-27 Tobias Boorman , Bernd Braunecker

We consider the large-$D$ limit of Einstein gravity. It is observed that a consistent leading large-$D$ graph limit exists, and that it is built up by a subclass of planar diagrams. The graphs in the effective field theory extension of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr

Exponentially localized solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation for two and three space variables are presented. The solutions depend on four free parameters. For some relations between the parameters, the solutions describe wave packets…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-08 M. V. Perel , I. V. Fialkovsky

The delta interaction at a vertex generalizes the Robin (generalized Neumann) boundary condition on an interval. Study of a single vertex with N infinite leads suffices to determine the localized effects of such a vertex on densities of…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-06-04 Stephen A. Fulling

We study the Klein-Gordon equation with general interaction term, which may be linear or nonlinear, and space-time dependent. The initial data is general, large and non-radial. We prove that global solutions are asymptotically given by a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-11 Avy Soffer , Xiaoxu Wu

We present an elementary proof based on a direct calculation of the property of completeness at constant time of the solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation for a charged particle in a plane wave electromagnetic field. We also review…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-10-18 Madalina Boca

The speed of light $c$ sets a strict upper bound on the speed of information transfer in both classical and quantum systems. In nonrelativistic quantum systems, the Lieb-Robinson Theorem imposes an emergent speed limit $v \hspace{-0.2mm}…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-06 Aaron J. Friedman , Chao Yin , Yifan Hong , Andrew Lucas