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The universal quantum work relation connects a functional of an arbitrary observable averaged over the forward process to the free energy difference and another functional averaged over the time-reversed process. Here, we ask the question…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-18 Arun Kumar Pati , Mamata Sahoo , Biswajit Pradhan

When parameters are varied periodically, charge can be pumped through a mesoscopic conductor without applied bias. Here, we consider the inverse effect in which a transport current drives a periodic variation of an adiabatic degree of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-14 Raul Bustos-Marun , Gil Refael , Felix von Oppen

We present a generalized equations-of-motion method that efficiently calculates energy spectra and matrix elements for algebraic models. The method is applied to a 5-dimensional quartic oscillator that exhibits a quantum phase transition…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Y. Ho , G. Rosensteel , D. J. Rowe

We present a Floquet scattering theory of electron waiting time distributions in periodically driven quantum conductors. We employ a second-quantized formulation that allows us to relate the waiting time distribution to the Floquet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-10 David Dasenbrook , Christian Flindt , Markus Büttiker

The coherent quantum dynamics of an electron in the quantum-dot ring structure under the resonant electromagnetic pulse is studied theoretically. A possibility of the selective electron transfer between any two dots is demonstrated. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. V. Tsukanov , L. A. Openov

This paper aims to explore the inherent connection among Heisenberg groups, quantum Fourier transform and (quasiprobability) distribution functions. Distribution functions for continuous and finite quantum systems are examined first as a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Manas K. Patra , Samuel L. Braunstein

A complete understanding of the statistics of the work done by quenching a parameter of a quantum many-body system is still lacking in the presence of an initial quantum coherence in the energy basis. In this case, the work can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-07 Gianluca Francica , Luca Dell'Anna

Full distributions of conductance through quantum dots with single-mode leads are reported for both broken and unbroken time-reversal symmetry. Distributions are nongaussian and agree well with random matrix theory calculations that account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-27 A. G. Huibers , S. R. Patel , C. M. Marcus , P. W. Brouwer , C. I. Duruoz , J. S. Harris,

The quadrature distribution for the quantum damped oscillator is introduced in the framework of the formulation of quantum mechanics based on the tomography scheme. The probability distribution for the coherent and Fock states of the damped…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-15 S. S. Safonov

Quantum percolation describes the problem of a quantum particle moving through a disordered system. While certain similarities to classical percolation exist, the quantum case has additional complexity due to the possibility of Anderson…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-03 C. M. Chandrashekar , Th. Busch

We obtain a positive probability distribution or Q-function for an arbitrary fermionic many-body system. This is different to previous Q-function proposals, which were either restricted to a subspace of the overall Hilbert space, or used…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-27 Laura E. C. Rosales-Zarate , P. D. Drummond

We proposed a third quantization scheme to derive the quantum dynamics of the functional phase space distribution in quantum field theory (QFT). The derivation is straightforward and algorithmic. This readily yields the ballistic quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-13 Felix A. Buot

We consider the arrival time distribution defined through the quantum probability current for a Gaussian wave packet representing free particles in quantum mechanics in order to explore the issue of the classical limit of arrival time. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Md. Manirul Ali , A. S. Majumdar , Alok Kumar Pan

Probabilistic description of results of measurements and its consequences for understanding quantum mechanics are discussed. It is shown that the basic mathematical structure of quantum mechanics like the probability amplitudes, Born rule,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Skala , V. Kapsa

In this work, we consider a probability representation of quantum dynamics for finite-dimensional quantum systems with the use of pseudostochastic maps acting on true probability distributions. These probability distributions are obtained…

The fundamental dynamics of quantum particles is neutral with respect to the arrow of time. And yet, our experiments are not: we observe quantum systems evolving from the past to the future, but not the other way round. A fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 Giulio Chiribella , Zixuan Liu

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 Schr\"{o}dinger equation or wavefunctions. Unlike the standard QM…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-01-27 Antonio Sciarretta

The time of flight distribution for a cloud of cold atoms falling freely under gravity is considered. We generalise the probability current density approach to calculate the quantum arrival time distribution for the mixed state describing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Md. Manirul Ali , Dipankar Home , A. S. Majumdar , Alok K. Pan

De Broglie and Bohm formulated a causal quantum mechanics with a phase space density whose integral over momentum reproduces the position probability density of usual statistical quantum theory. We propose a causal quantum theory with a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-25 S. M. Roy , V. Singh

We show that the standard quantum-walk quantum-to-classical transition, characterized by ballistic-to-diffusive spreading of the walker's position, can be controlled by externally modulating the coin state. We illustrate by showing an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-25 Peng Xue , Barry C. Sanders