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We model the dynamics of a closed quantum system brought out of mechanical equilibrium, undergoing a non-driven, spontaneous, thermodynamic transformation. In particular, we consider a quantum particle in a box with a moving and insulating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-21 Sofia Sgroi , Mauro Paternostro

We suggest a new approach for describing quantum dissipation in a small systems for which the system-plus-reservoir approach is not relevant. We first analyze the fact that equilibrium thermodynamics may reveal the existence of an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-05-04 J. P. Badiali

In this work, we study the pairing Hamiltonian with four particles at finite temperatures on a quantum simulator and a superconducting quantum computer. The excited states are obtained by the variational quantum deflation (VQD). The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Chongji Jiang , Junchen Pei

In this article it will be introduced a new theorem, can be considered a generalization of Hellmann-Feynman theorem[1]. The latter used in conjunction with the quantization of the free energy[2] of a quantum system allows to derive…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-02 S. Selenu

We propose a generalization of quantum mechanical equations in the hydrodynamic form by introducing, into the Lagrangian density, terms taking into account the diffusion velocity at zero and finite temperatures and the diffusion pressure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-14 O. N. Golubjeva , S. V. Sidorov

By computing the local energy expectation values with respect to some local measurement basis we show that for any quantum system there are two fundamentally different contributions: changes in energy that do not alter the local von Neumann…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-08-04 Hendrik Weimer , Markus J. Henrich , Florian Rempp , Heiko Schröder , Günter Mahler

In this paper we introduce an alternative approach to studying the evolution of a quantum harmonic oscillator subject to an arbitrary time dependent force. With the purpose of finding the evolution operator, certain unitary transformations…

We geometrically characterize one-qubit dissipators of a Lindblad type. An efficient parametrization in terms of 6 linear parameters opens the way to various optimizations with local dissipation. As an example, we study maximal steady-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-12 Marko Znidaric

The recent advancement of quantum computer hardware offers the potential to simulate quantum many-body systems beyond the capability of its classical counterparts. However, most current works focus on simulating the ground-state properties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Chee Kong Lee , Shi-Xin Zhang , Chang-Yu Hsieh , Shengyu Zhang , Liang Shi

We analyze the quantum dynamics of the fractional-time Jaynes-Cummings model using a recent unitary framework for the fractional-time Schr\"odinger equation. We examine how the fractional derivative order $\alpha$ influences non-classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Thiago T. Tsutsui , Danilo Cius , Antonio S. M. de Castro , Fabiano M. Andrade

General quantum correlations measures like quantum discord, one norm geometric quantum discord, exhibit freezing, sudden change, double sudden change behavior in their decay rates under different noisy channels. Therefore, one may attempt…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-31 Sumana Karmakar , Ajoy Sen , Amit Bhar , Debasis Sarkar

We present a detailed study of the quantum dissipative dynamics of a charged particle in a magnetic field. Our focus of attention is the effect of dissipation on the low- and high-temperature behavior of the specific heat at constant…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Dattagupta , Jishad Kumar , S. Sinha , P. A. Sreeram

We study the real time dynamics of a quantum system with potential barrier coupled to a heat-bath environment. Employing the path integral approach an evolution equation for the time dependent density matrix is derived. The time evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Joachim Ankerhold , Hermann Grabert , Gert-Ludwig Ingold

The thermodynamics of quantum systems coupled to periodically modulated heat baths and work reservoirs is developed. By identifying affinities and fluxes, the first and second law are formulated consistently. In the linear response regime,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-29 Kay Brandner , Udo Seifert

We use general concepts of statistical mechanics to compute the quantum frictional force on an atom moving at constant velocity above a planar surface. We derive the zero-temperature frictional force using a non-equilibrium…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-20 F. Intravaia , R. O. Behunin , D. A. R. Dalvit

The partition function and free energy of a quantum many-body system determine its physical properties in thermal equilibrium. Here we study the computational complexity of approximating these quantities for $n$-qubit local Hamiltonians.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-22 Sergey Bravyi , Anirban Chowdhury , David Gosset , Pawel Wocjan

The interplay between quantum fluctuation and spacetime curvature is shown to induce an additional quantum-curvature (QC) term in the energy-momentum tensor of fluid using the generalized framework of the stochastic variational method…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-17 T. Koide , T. Kodama

We consider the process of diffusion scattering of a wave function given on the phase space. In this process the heat diffusion is considered only along momenta. We write down the modified Kramers equation describing this situation. In this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-04 E. M. Beniaminov

We develop a new analytical method for solving real time evolution problems of quantum many-body systems. Our approach is a direct generalization of the well-known canonical perturbation theory for classical systems. Similar to canonical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Hackl , S. Kehrein

Quantized vortices carry the angular momentum in rotating superfluids, and are key to the phenomenon of quantum turbulence. Advances in ultra-cold atom technology enable quantum turbulence to be studied in regimes with both experimental and…