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We evaluate the density matrix of an arbitrary quantum mechanical system in terms of the quantities pertinent to the solution of the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) problem. Our theory utilizes the adiabatic connection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Vladimir U. Nazarov

We apply the approximate dynamics derived from the Gaussian time-dependent variational principle to the Hamiltonian $ \hat H= {1/2}(\hat p_x ^2+ \hat p_y ^2)+ {1/2}\hat x^2\hat y^2$, which is strongly chaotic in the classical limit. We are…

chao-dyn · Physics 2016-08-31 Arjendu Pattanayak , William Schieve

We systematically extend Bogoliubov theory beyond the mean field approximation of the Bose-Hubbard model in the superfluid phase. Our approach is based on the time dependent variational principle applied to the family of all Gaussian states…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-10-02 Tommaso Guaita , Lucas Hackl , Tao Shi , Claudius Hubig , Eugene Demler , J. Ignacio Cirac

We present a new paradigm for the dynamical simulation of interacting many-boson open quantum systems. The method relies on a variational ansatz for the $n$-boson density matrix, in terms of a superposition of photon-added coherent states.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 David S. Schlegel , Fabrizio Minganti , Vincenzo Savona

We study the applicability of the time-dependent variational principle in matrix product state manifolds for the long time description of quantum interacting systems. By studying integrable and nonintegrable systems for which the long time…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-01-31 Benedikt Kloss , Yevgeny Bar Lev , David Reichman

We study the dynamics of a one-dimensional Bose gas at unit filling in both shallow and deep optical lattices and obtain the dynamic structure factor ${S(k,\omega)}$ by monitoring the linear response to a weak probe pulse. We introduce a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-24 Mathias Gartner , Ferran Mazzanti , Robert E. Zillich

Dirac-Frenkel variational method with Davydov D2 trial wavefunction is extended by introducing a thermalization algorithm and applied to simulate dynamics of a general open quantum system. The algorithm allows to control temperature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-04 Mantas Jakučionis , Darius Abramavičius

The goal of the paper is to derive a revised condition of global equilibrium in complex chemical systems as variational principle in formalism of recently developed discrete thermodynamics (DTD) of chemical equilibria. In classical approach…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2010-11-13 B. Zilbergleyt

We present a general variational approach to determine the steady state of open quantum lattice systems via a neural network approach. The steady-state density matrix of the lattice system is constructed via a purified neural network ansatz…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Filippo Vicentini , Alberto Biella , Nicolas Regnault , Cristiano Ciuti

Solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation (TDSE) is pivotal for modeling non-adiabatic electron dynamics, a key process in ultrafast spectroscopy and laser-matter interactions. However, exact solutions to the TDSE remain…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Bizi Huang , Weizhong Fu , Ji Chen

Classical simulation of open quantum system dynamics remains challenging due to the exponential growth of the Hilbert space, the need to accurately capture dissipation and decoherence, and the added complexity of memory effects in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-31 Sujay Mondal , Siddhartha Dutta , Abhijit Bandyopadhyay

In this paper, we develop a variational foundation for stochastic thermodynamics of finite-dimensional, continuous-time systems. Requiring the second law (non-negative average total entropy production) systematically yields a consistent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-07 Héctor Vaquero del Pino , François Gay-Balmaz , Hiroaki Yoshimura , Lock Yue Chew

We develop a new algorithm based on the time-dependent variational principle applied to matrix product states to efficiently simulate the real- and imaginary time dynamics for infinite one-dimensional quantum lattice systems. This…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-03-13 Jutho Haegeman , J. Ignacio Cirac , Tobias J. Osborne , Iztok Pizorn , Henri Verschelde , Frank Verstraete

The goal of this paper is to develop energy-preserving variational integrators for time-dependent mechanical systems with forcing. We first present the Lagrange-d'Alembert principle in the extended Lagrangian mechanics framework and derive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-23 Harsh Sharma , Mayuresh Patil , Craig Woolsey

The nuclear time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is a tool of choice for describing various dynamical phenomena in atomic nuclei. In a recent study, we reported an extension of the framework - the multiconfigurational TDDFT…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-24 Petar Marević , David Regnier , Denis Lacroix

Many real-world systems modeled using partial differential equations (PDEs) involve unknown parameters that must be estimated from limited, noisy system observations. While typically assumed to be constants, some of these unobserved…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-08-19 Andrea Arnold

A configuration-interaction time-dependent density functional theory (CI-TDDFT) for nuclear dynamics is developed. In this framework, the correlated nuclear many-body wave function is expanded in terms of time-dependent many-particle…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-21 Y. P. Wang , B. Li , D. Vretenar , T. Nikšić , P. W. Zhao , J. Meng

Many-body approaches to open quantum systems have recently become powerful tools for investigating the detailed role of dissipative environments in diverse non-equilibrium molecular and condensed matter processes. Here, we report the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-15 Florian A. Y. N. Schröder , Alex W. Chin

We propose an extension of the Schr\"odinger equation for a quantum system interacting with environment. This equation describes dynamics of auxiliary wave-functions $\mathbf{m}$, from which the system density matrix can be reconstructed as…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-07-20 Loïc Joubert-Doriol , Ilya G. Ryabinkin , Artur F. Izmaylov

We present a time-dependent extension of logarithmic perturbation theory for nonrelativistic quantum dynamics governed by the Schr\"odinger equation, in which the logarithm of the wave function is expanded in powers of a coupling constant.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Juan Carlos del Valle , Paul Bergold , Karolina Kropielnicka