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We develop a framework to simulate quantum field theories (QFTs) with boundaries in $(1+1)$-dimenmsional curved spacetimes by employing open spin systems. Building upon our previous work that established a mapping from spin systems to QFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-23 Shunichiro Kinoshita , Keiju Murata , Daisuke Yamamoto , Ryosuke Yoshii

A generalization of the action principle of classical mechanics, motivated by the Closed Time Path (CTP) scheme of quantum field theory, is presented to deal with initial condition problems and dissipative forces. The similarities of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Janos Polonyi

By means of simple models in a flat spacetime manifold we examine some of the issues that arise when quantizing interacting quantum fields in multi-metric backgrounds. In particular we investigate the maintenance of a causal structure in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 I. T. Drummond

We examine some variants of computation with closed timelike curves (CTCs), where various restrictions are imposed on the memory of the computer, and the information carrying capacity and range of the CTC. We give full characterizations of…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2014-01-29 A. C. Cem Say , Abuzer Yakaryilmaz

The formalism of quantum mechanics is presented in a way that its interpretation as a classical field theory is emphasized. Two coupled real fields are defined with given equations of motion. Densities and currents associated to the fields…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. de la Torre , A. Daleo

The quantum kicked particle in a magnetic field is studied in a weak-chaos regime under realistic conditions, i.e., for {\em general} values of the conserved coordinate $x_{{\rm c}}$ of the cyclotron orbit center. The system exhibits…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Itzhack Dana , Dmitry L. Dorofeev

Coherent feedback control (CFC) of multipartite optical entangled states produced by a non-degenerate optical parametric amplifier is theoretically studied. The features of the quantum correlations of amplitude and phase quadratures among…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-06 Zhihui Yan , Xiaojun Jia , Changde Xie , Kunchi Peng

Quantum circuits -- built from local unitary gates and local measurements -- are a new playground for quantum many-body physics and a tractable setting to explore universal collective phenomena far-from-equilibrium. These models have shed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-12 Matthew P. A. Fisher , Vedika Khemani , Adam Nahum , Sagar Vijay

The basic principles of the quantum mechanics in the K-field formalism are stated in the paper. The basic distinction of this theory arises from that the quantum theory equations (including well-known Schrodinger, Klein-Gordon and quadratic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. B. Korotchenko

This article presents a general master equation formalism for the interaction between travelling pulses of quantum radiation and localized quantum systems. Traveling fields populate a continuum of free space radiation modes and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Alexander Holm Kiilerich , Klaus Mølmer

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

Obtaining the total wavefunction evolution of interacting quantum systems provides access to important properties, such as entanglement, shedding light on fundamental aspects, e.g. quantum energetics and thermodynamics, and guiding towards…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-02 Maria Maffei , Patrice A. Camati , Alexia Auffèves

Atomic-like systems in which electronic motion is two dimensional are now realizable as ``quantum dots''. In place of the attraction of a nucleus there is a confining potential, usually assumed to be quadratic. Additionally, a perpendicular…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 E. H. Lieb , J. P. Solovej , J. Yngvason

The necessity and utility of considering the interaction of a quantum system with its environment when describing its time evolution have been recognized in several branches of physics and of other sciences. The Kraus' representation is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-12 Jonas Maziero

We present a framework for quantization of electromagnetic field in the presence of dielectric media with time-varying optical properties. Considering a microscopic model for the dielectric as a collection of matter fields interacting with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-15 Ashwith Prabhu , Jennifer Parra-Contreras , Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt , Kanu Sinha

Closed Timelike Curves (CTCs) are intriguing relativistic objects that allow for time travel to the past and can be used as computational resources. In Deutschian Closed Timelike Curves (D-CTCs), due to the monogamy of entanglement,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-11 Soumik Ghosh , Arnab Adhikary , Goutam Paul

Complicated time-dependent curved spacetime and electric field are involved in many astrophysical situations, including the early universe, Hawking radiation, the Schwinger effect, and gravitational pair production. In this Letter, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-18 Orkash Amat , Nurimangul Nurmamat , Yong-Feng Huang , Cheng-Ming Li , Jin-Jun Geng , Chen-RanHu , Ze-Cheng Zou , Xiao-Fei Dong , Chen Deng , Fan Xu , Xiao-li Zhang , Chen Du

Consistent dynamics which couples classical and quantum degrees of freedom exists, provided it is stochastic. This dynamics is linear in the hybrid state, completely positive and trace preserving. One application of this is to study the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 Jonathan Oppenheim , Carlo Sparaciari , Barbara Šoda , Zachary Weller-Davies

Quantum field theory in curved space-times is a well developed area in mathematical physics which has had important phenomenological applications to the very early universe. However, it is not commonly appreciated that on time dependent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-27 Ivan Agullo , Abhay Ashtekar

In the paper we consider the problem of the rigorous description of the kinetic evolution in the presence of initial correlations of quantum large particle systems. One of the developed approaches consists in the description of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-07-07 V. I. Gerasimenko