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It is remarkable that Heisenberg's position-momentum uncertainty relation leads to the existence of a maximal acceleration for a physical particle in the context of a geometric reformulation of quantum mechanics. It is also known that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 Paul M. Alsing , Carlo Cafaro

We present a simple proof of the minimum time for the quantum evolution between two arbitrary states. This proof is performed in the absence of any geometrical arguments. Then, being in the geometric framework of quantum evolutions based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

We theoretically study the geometric effect of quantum dynamical evolution in the presence of a nonequilibrium noisy environment. We derive the expression of the time dependent geometric phase in terms of the dynamical evolution and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-12 Xiangji Cai , Ruixuan Meng , Yanhui Zhang , Lifei Wang

A common approach to quantify excess dissipation in slowly driven thermodynamic processes is through the use of a Riemannian metric on the space of control parameters, where optimal driving protocols follow geodesics. Near phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-02 Omer M. Basri , Oren Raz

The dynamical evolution of an open quantum system can be governed by the Lindblad equation of the density matrix. In this paper, we propose to characterize the density matrix topology by the topological invariant of its modular Hamiltonian.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-27 Liang Mao , Fan Yang , Hui Zhai

Recent advancements in the discipline of quantum algorithms have displayed the importance of the geometry of quantum operators. Given this thrust, this paper develops a rigorous geometric framework to analyze how the Riemannian structure of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-14 Andrew Vlasic

In this thesis we provide a uniform treatment of two non-adiabatic geometric phases for dynamical systems of mixed quantum states, namely those of Uhlmann and of Sj\"{o}qvist et al. We develop a holonomy theory for the latter which we also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-21 Ole Andersson

This paper develops a geometrodynamic extension of Bohmian mechanics to describe quantum tunneling through a potential barrier, treating particle trajectories as geodesics in an Alcubierre-type spacetime. The model provides analytical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Said Lantigua , Jonas Maziero

The manifold of pure quantum states is a complex projective space endowed with the unitary-invariant geometry of Fubini and Study. According to the principles of geometric quantum mechanics, the detailed physical characteristics of a given…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Dorje C. Brody , Lane P. Hughston

In optimal quantum-mechanical evolutions, motion can occur along non-predetermined paths of shortest length in an optimal time. Alternatively, optimal evolutions can happen along predefined paths with no waste of energy resources and 100%…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-27 Leonardo Rossetti , Carlo Cafaro , Paul M. Alsing

The description of a closed quantum system is extended with the identification of an underlying substructure enabling an expanded formulation of dynamics in the Heisenberg picture. Between measurements a ``state point" moves in an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Anthony John Bracken

In optimal quantum-mechanical evolutions, motion can take place along paths of minimal length within an optimal time frame. Alternatively, optimal evolutions may occur along established paths without any waste of energy resources and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Carlo Cafaro , James Schneeloch

The aim of this paper is to adapt the general multitime maximum principle to a Riemannian setting. More precisely, we intend to study geometric optimal control problems constrained by the metric compatibility evolution PDE system; the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-22 Andreea Bejenaru , Constantin Udriste

The minimal time required for a system to evolve between two different states is an important notion for developing ultra-speed quantum computer and communication channel. Here, we introduce a new metric for non-degenerate density operator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Debasis Mondal , Arun Kumar Pati

In this paper we propose a geometrization of the non-relativistic quantum mechanics for mixed states. Our geometric approach makes use of the Uhlmann's principal fibre bundle to describe the space of mixed states and as a novelty tool, to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Vicent Gimeno , Jose Sotoca

The real- and imaginary-time evolution of quantum states are powerful tools in physics, chemistry, and beyond, to investigate quantum dynamics, prepare ground states or calculate thermodynamic observables. On near-term devices, variational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Julien Gacon , Jannes Nys , Riccardo Rossi , Stefan Woerner , Giuseppe Carleo

A non-Hermitian operator may serve as the Hamiltonian for a unitary quantum system, if we can modify the Hilbert space of state vectors of the system so that it turns into a Hermitian operator. If this operator is time-dependent, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Ali Mostafazadeh

The unitary dynamics of quantum systems can be modeled as a trajectory on a Riemannian manifold. This theoretical framework naturally yields a purely geometric interpretation of computational complexity for quantum algorithms, a notion…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-25 Alberto Acevedo , Antonio Falco

We present a simple derivation of the formula for the Hamiltonian operator(s) that achieve the fastest possible unitary evolution between given initial and final states. We discuss how this formula is modified in pseudo-Hermitian quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ali Mostafazadeh

We derive an elegant solution for a two-level system evolving adiabatically under the influence of a driving field with a time-dependent phase, which includes open system effects such as dephasing and spontaneous emission. This solution,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ingo Kamleitner , James D. Cresser , Barry C. Sanders