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This work discusses a variational approach to determining the time evolution operator. We directly see a glimpse of how a generalization of the quantum geometric tensor for unitary operators plays a central role in parameter evolution. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-15 Michael Vogl

We present an extension of the ergodic, mixing, and Bernoulli levels of the ergodic hierarchy for statistical models on curved manifolds, making use of elements of the information geometry. This extension focuses on the notion of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-20 Ignacio S. Gomez

The quantum harmonic oscillator with time-dependent frequency is a paradigmatic model of driven quantum dynamics and one of the few nontrivial systems that admits an exact analytical solution. In this review paper, we present a unified…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Mattia Orlandini , Beatrice Donelli , Lorenzo Buffoni , Stefano Gherardini

An analytical approach is developed to the problem of computation of monotone Riemannian metrics (e.g. Bogoliubov-Kubo-Mori, Bures, Chernoff, etc.) on the set of quantum states. The obtained expressions originate from the Morozova, Chencov…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-07-27 N. S. Tonchev

Optimal realizations of quantum technology tasks lead to the necessity of a detailed analytical study of the behavior of a $d$-level quantum system (qudit) under a time-dependent Hamiltonian. In the present article, we introduce a new…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-05 Elena R. Loubenets , Christian Käding

Consider an open quantum system governed by a Gorini, Kossakowski, Sudarshan, Lindblad (GKSL) master equation with two times-scales: a fast one, exponentially converging towards a linear subspace of quasi-equilibria; a slow one resulting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-08 François-Marie Le Régent , Pierre Rouchon

The quasi-Heisenberg picture of minisuperspace model is considered. The The quasi-Heisenberg picture of minisuperspace model is considered. The suggested scheme consists in quantizing of the equation of motion and interprets all observables…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. L. Cherkas , V. L. Kalashnikov

In quantum mechanics courses, students often solve the Schr\"odinger equation for the harmonic oscillator with time-independent parameters. However, time-dependent quantum harmonic oscillators are relevant in modeling several problems as,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-12 Stanley S. Coelho , Lucas Queiroz , Danilo T. Alves

The Heisenberg, interaction, and Schr\"odinger pictures of motion are considered in Lagrangian (canonical) quantum field theory. The equations of motion (for state vectors and field operators) are derived for arbitrary Lagrangians which are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Bozhidar Z. Iliev

Identifying the real and imaginary parts of wave functions with coordinates and momenta, quantum evolution may be mapped onto a classical Hamiltonian system. In addition to the symplectic form, quantum mechanics also has a positive-definite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Vilela Mendes , V. I. Man'ko

A generalization of driven harmonic oscillator with time-dependent mass and frequency, by adding total time-derivative terms to the Lagrangian, is considered. The generalization which gives a general quadratic Hamiltonian system does not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dae-Yup Song

The canonical quantum theory of a free field using arbitrary foliations of a flat two-dimensional spacetime is investigated. It is shown that dynamical evolution along arbitrary spacelike foliations is unitarily implemented on the same Fock…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 C. G. Torre , M. Varadarajan

It is shown that general solutions of the free-particle Schroedinger equation can be mapped onto solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the harmonic oscillator. This is done in such a way that the time evolution of a free particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-25 Ole Steuernagel

The transport of charged particles or photons in a scattering medium can be modelled with a Boltzmann equation. The mathematical treatment for scattering in such scenarios is often simplified if evaluated in a frame where the scattering…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Nils W. Schween , Brian Reville

We use the free evolution propagator to determine the quantum probability representation (i.e., the general expression of the tomogram) of any one-dimensional system described by a density state. The evolution operator for the considered…

In this note, we develop a framework to describe open quantum systems in the Heisenberg picture, i.e., via time evolving operator algebras. We point out the incompleteness of the previous proposals in this regard. We argue that a complete…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-01 Nachiket Karve , R. Loganayagam

Exact solutions of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for a quantum oscillator subject to periodical frequency delta-kicks are obtained. We show that the oscillator occurs in the squeezed state and calculate the corresponding squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-26 V. V. Dodonov , O. V. Man'ko , V. I. Man'ko

We have found a new class of time dependent partial waves which are solutions of time dependent Schr\"odinger equation for three dimensional harmonic oscillator. We also showed the decomposition of coherent states of harmonic oscillator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 R. Arvieu , P. Rozmej , W. Berej

The sensitivity of the evolution of quantum uncertainties to the choice of the initial conditions is shown via a complex nonlinear Riccati equation leading to a reformulation of quantum dynamics. This sensitivity is demonstrated for systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hans Cruz , Dieter Schuch , Octavio Castaños , Oscar Rosas-Ortiz

In the covariant canonical approach to classical physics, each point in phase space represents an entire classical trajectory. Initial data at a fixed time serve as coordinates for this ``timeless'' phase space, and time evolution can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-25 S. Carlip , Weixuan Hu