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We consider the interaction of an harmonic oscillator with the quantum field via radiation pressure. We show that a `Schrodinger cat' state decoheres in a time scale that depends on the degree of `classicality' of the state components, and…
Quantum decoherence refers to the phenomenon when the interaction of a quantum system with its environment results in the degradation of quantum coherence. Decoherence is considered to be the most popular mechanism responsible for the…
We re-examine and correct an earlier derivation of the distribution of the Wigner phase delay time for wave reflection from a long one-dimensional disordered conductor treated in the continuum limit. We then numerically compare the…
We present evidence that decoherence can produce a smooth quantum-to-classical transition in nonlinear dynamical systems. High-resolution tracking of quantum and classical evolutions reveals differences in expectation values of…
In the absence of confinement localization of waves takes place due to randomness or nonlinearity and relies on their phase coherence. We quantitatively probe the sensitivity of localized wave packets to random phase fluctuations and…
We study the emergence of decoherent histories in isolated systems based on exact numerical integration of the Schr\"odinger equation for a Heisenberg chain. We reveal that the nature of the system, which we switch from (i) chaotic to (ii)…
In this paper we describe in a formal way how the derivation of the turbulent wave equation for the Schr\"odinger equation breaks down for times close to the self similar blow up of the wave turbulence kinetic equation. To this end, we…
An alternative method is proposed for deriving the time dependent Schroedinger equation from the pictures of wave and matrix mechanics. The derivation is of a mixed classical quantum character, since time is treated as a classical variable,…
Temporal decorrelations in compressible isotropic turbulence are studied using the space-time correlation theory and direct numerical simulation. A swept-wave model is developed for dilatational components while the classic random sweeping…
In this study, we examine the asymptotic behavior of solutions to nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations with time-dependent harmonic oscillators and prove the time-decay property of solutions in the case of a long range power type…
We prove a global well-posedness result for defocusing nonlinear Schrodinger equations with time dependent potential. We then focus on time dependent harmonic potentials. This aspect is motivated by Physics (Bose--Einstein condensation),…
An exactly solvable time-dependent quantum mechanical problem is employed to study the convergence properties of transition amplitudes calculated by using the Schwinger variational principle. A detailed comparison between the amplitudes…
A novel statistical approach based on the Wigner transform is proposed for the description of partially incoherent optical wave dynamics in nonlinear media. An evolution equation for the Wigner transform is derived from a nonlinear…
The scaling properties of the inverse moments of Wigner delay times are investigated in finite one-dimensional (1D) random media with one channel attached to the boundary of the sample. We find that they follow a simple scaling law which is…
In this paper, we study an inverse scattering problem associated with the time-harmonic Schr\"odinger equation where both the potential and the source terms are unknown. The source term is assumed to be a generalised Gaussian random…
Consider the wave equation with heterogeneous coefficients in the homogenization regime. At large times, the wave interacts in a nontrivial way with the heterogeneities, giving rise to effective dispersive effects. The main achievement of…
We show that dispersive shock waves resulting from the nonlinearity overbalancing a weak leading-order dispersion can emit resonant radiation owing to higher-order dispersive contributions. We analyze such phenomenon for the defocusing…
A simplified Heisenberg spin model is studied in order to examine the idea of decoherence in closed quantum systems. For this purpose, we present a quantifiable definition to quantum coherence $\Xi$, and discuss in some detail a general…
In this paper, we give a characterization of the ranges of the wave operators for Schrodinger equations with time-dependent short-range potentials by using wave packet transform. We also give an alternative proof of the existence of the…
We study the Schr\"odinger equation driven by a weak Brownian forcing, and derive Gaussian fluctuations in the form of a time-inhomogeneous Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. As a result, when evaluated at a fixed frequency, the intensity of the…