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Quantum engineering now allows to design and construct multi-qubit states in a range of physical systems. These states are typically quite complex in nature, with disparate, but relevant properties that include both single and multi-qubit…

We investigate the properties of many-electron systems in two-dimensional polygonal (triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon) potential wells by using the density functional theory. The development of the ground state electronic structure as a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Rasanen , H. Saarikoski , M. J. Puska , R. M. Nieminen

We calculate the Wigner quasiprobability distribution function of quantum elliptical vortex in elliptical beam (EEV), produced by coupling squeezed coherent states of two modes. The coupling between the two modes is performed by using beam…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-02 Abir Bandyopadhyay , Ravindra Pratap Singh

Inspired by a recent paper$^*$ by C. Fefferman, J. Shapiro and M. Weinstein, we investigate quantum tunneling for a Hamiltonian with a symmetric double well and a uniform magnetic field. In the simultaneous limit of strong magnetic field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 B. Helffer , A. Kachmar

In this article we introduce a quasiprobability distribution of work that is based on the Wigner function. This construction rests on the idea that the work done on an isolated system can be coherently measured by coupling the system to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-03 Federico Cerisola , Franco Mayo , Augusto J. Roncaglia

We present a new way to compute and interpret quantum tunneling in a 1-D double-well potential. For large transition time we show that the quantum action functional gives an analytical expression for tunneling amplitudes. This has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Paradis , H. Kroger , G. Melkonyan , K. J. M. Moriarty

Starting from the Pauli Hamiltonian operator, we derive a scalar quantum kinetic equations for spin-1/2 systems. Here the regular Wigner two-state matrix is replaced by a scalar distribution function in extended phase space. Apart from…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-04-21 Jens Zamanian , Mattias Marklund , Gert Brodin

We demonstrate a new method of simulation of nonstationary quantum processes, considering the tunneling of two {\it interacting identical particles}, represented by wave packets. The used method of quantum molecular dynamics (WMD) is based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yu. E. Lozovik , A. V. Filinov , A. S. Arkhipov

Quantum computers are the promising candidates for simulation of large quantum systems, which is a daunting task to perform in a classical computer. Here, we report the experimental realization of quantum tunneling of a single particle…

We present an improved Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) calculation of tunnel splitting in one dimensional asymmetric double well potentials. We show that the tunnel splitting in general can have linear dependence on the bias energy, beside…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-26 Seyyed M. H. Halataei , Anthony J. Leggett

This paper aims to explore the inherent connection among Heisenberg groups, quantum Fourier transform and (quasiprobability) distribution functions. Distribution functions for continuous and finite quantum systems are examined first as a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Manas K. Patra , Samuel L. Braunstein

For an asymmetric double-well potential system, it is shown that, if the potential is quadratic until it reaches several times of the zero-point energies from the bottoms in each well, the energy eigenvalues of the low lying excited states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-18 Dae-Yup Song

Semiclassical transition probabilities characterize transfer of energy between "hard" and "soft" modes in various physical systems. We establish the boundary problem for singular euclidean solutions used to calculate such probabilities.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Yu. Khlebnikov

We present a geometrical way of understanding the dynamics of wavefunctions in a free space, using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics. By visualizing the Wigner function, the spreading, shearing, the so-called "negative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Yuxi Liu

We consider tunneling to the continuum in a multi-dimensional potential. It is demonstrate that this problem can be treated as two separate problems: a) a bound state and b) a non-resonance scattering problem, by a proper splitting of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 S. A. Gurvitz

We propose a general expression for the probability distribution of real-valued tunneling times of a localized particle, as measured by the Salecker-Wigner-Peres quantum clock. This general expression is used to obtain the distribution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-06 José T. Lunardi , Luiz A. Manzoni

The WKB and instanton answers for the tunnel splitting of the ground state in a symmetric double well potential are both reduced to an expression involving only the functionals of the potential, without the need for solving any auxilliary…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Anupam Garg

We present a quantum theory of the shuttle instability in electronic transport through a nanostructure with a mechanical degree of freedom. A phase space formulation in terms of the Wigner function allows us to identify a cross-over from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tomas Novotny , Andrea Donarini , Antti-Pekka Jauho

The dynamics of a wave function describing a particle confined in a multiple quantum well potential is studied numerically. As a consequence of quantum mechanical tunneling, an initial wavefunction designed to be localized in one well can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Anjana Bagga , Anu Venugopalan

This work explores the intersection of quantum mechanics and curved spacetime by employing the Wigner formalism to investigate quantum systems in the vicinity of black holes. Specifically, we study the quantum dynamics of a probe particle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-21 David Garcia-Garcia , Jose A. R. Cembranos