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The Feynman path integral for the generalized harmonic oscillator is reviewed, and it is shown that the path integral can be used to find a complete set of wave functions for the oscillator. Harmonic oscillators with different…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dae-Yup Song

Quantum simulation of chemical systems is one of the most promising near-term applications of quantum computers. The variational quantum eigensolver, a leading algorithm for molecular simulations on quantum hardware, has a serious…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-16 Harper R. Grimsley , Sophia E. Economou , Edwin Barnes , Nicholas J. Mayhall

We obtain the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the singular harmonic oscillator $V(x)=\alpha/(2x^2)+x^2/2$ by means of the simple and straightforward Frobenius (power-series) method. From the behaviour of the eigenfunctions at origin we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-15 Francisco M. Fernández

We introduce a quantum information analysis of vibrational wave functions to understand complex vibrational spectra of molecules with strong anharmonic couplings and vibrational resonances. For this purpose, we define one- and two-modal…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Nina Glaser , Alberto Baiardi , Annina Z. Lieberherr , Markus Reiher

An approximate scaling relation is found for the transition temperature to a charge-density-wave instability in the anharmonic electron-phonon problem, which maps a wide range of interaction strengths, anharmonicities, and phonon…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 J. K. Freericks , V. Zlatic , Mark Jarrell

Time symmetry in quantum mechanics, where the current quantum state is determined jointly by both the past and the future, offers a more comprehensive description of physical phenomena. This symmetry facilitates both forward and backward…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-13 Shijie Wei , Jingwei Wen , Xiaogang Li , Peijie Chang , Bozhi Wang , Franco Nori , Guilu Long

We introduce various optimization schemes for highly accurate calculation of the eigenvalues and the eigenfunctions of the one-dimensional anharmonic oscillators. We present several methods of analytically fixing the nonlinear variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-12-07 Pouria Pedram

We expand iterative numerically-exact influence functional path-integral tools and present a method capable of following the nonequilibrium time evolution of subsystems coupled to multiple bosonic and fermionic reservoirs simultaneously.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Lena Simine , Dvira Segal

The problem of detecting specific features of microscopic dynamics in the macroscopic behavior of a many-degrees-of-freedom system is investigated by analyzing the position and momentum time series of a heavy impurity embedded in a chain of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Romero-Bastida , D. Castaneda , E. Braun

A major challenge in modern physics is to accurately describe strongly interacting quantum many-body systems. One-dimensional systems provide fundamental insights since they are often amenable to exact methods. However, no exact solution is…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-07-28 Jesper Levinsen , Pietro Massignan , Georg M. Bruun , Meera M. Parish

Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms have been proposed to circumvent noise limitations in quantum computers. Such algorithms delegate only a calculation of the expectation value to the quantum computer. Among them, the Variational Quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-11-02 Baptiste Anselme Martin , Pascal Simon , Marko J. Rančić

It is proposed that the ability for a quantum circuit to thermalize under time evolution is a valid way to compute linear algebra problems. The algorithm makes use of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis and full ergodicity in quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Thomas E. Baker

We quantize the \beta-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) model with nearest and next-nearest neighbour interactions using a number conserving approximation and a numerical exact diagonalization method. Our numerical mean field bi-phonon spectrum shows…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-12-09 Aniruddha Kibey , Rupali Sonone , Bishwajyoti Dey , J. Chris Eilbeck

Key properties of physical systems can be described by the eigenvalues of matrices that represent the system. Computational algorithms that determine the eigenvalues of these matrices exist, but they generally suffer from a loss of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 T. Powers , R. M. Rajapakse

We present a quantum algorithm for systems of (possibly inhomogeneous) linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients. The algorithm produces a quantum state that is proportional to the solution at a desired final time.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Dominic W. Berry , Andrew M. Childs , Aaron Ostrander , Guoming Wang

Understanding the vibrational and thermal properties of amorphous solids is one of the most discussed and long-standing issues in condensed matter physics. Recent works have made significant steps towards understanding harmonic vibrational…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-02-28 Hideyuki Mizuno , Masanari Shimada , Atsushi Ikeda

The literature on the exponential Fourier approach to the one-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator problem is revised and criticized. It is shown that the solution of this problem has been built on faulty premises. The problem is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Pedro H. F. Nogueira , Antonio S. de Castro

Quantum algorithms have been developed for efficiently solving linear algebra tasks. However, they generally require deep circuits and hence universal fault-tolerant quantum computers. In this work, we propose variational algorithms for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-28 Xiaosi Xu , Jinzhao Sun , Suguru Endo , Ying Li , Simon C. Benjamin , Xiao Yuan

This work explores the behaviour of a noncommutative harmonic oscillator in a time-dependent background, as previously investigated in [1]. Specifically, we examine the system when expressed in terms of commutative variables, utilizing a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Manjari Dutta , Shreemoyee Ganguly , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

We study a chain of infinitely many particles coupled by nonlinear springs, obeying the equations of motion [\ddot{q}_n = V'(q_{n+1}-q_n) - V'(q_n-q_{n-1})] with generic nearest-neighbour potential $V$. We show that this chain carries exact…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-08-15 Gero Friesecke , Alice Mikikits-Leitner