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We unveil the universal (model-independent) symmetry satisfied by Schwinger-Keldysh quantum field theories whenever they describe equilibrium dynamics. This is made possible by a generalization of the Schwinger-Keldysh path-integral…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-02 Camille Aron , Giulio Biroli , Leticia F. Cugliandolo

Brownian motion of single particles with various masses M and diameters D is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. Besides the momentum auto-correlation function of the Brownian particle the memory function and the fluctuating force…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Hyun Kyung Shin , Changho Kim , Peter Talkner , Eok Kyun Lee

We study the behavior of a moving wall in contact with a particle gas and subjected to an external force. We compare the fluctuations of the system observed in the microcanonical and canonical ensembles, at varying the number of particles.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-04-03 L. Cerino , G. Gradenigo , A. Sarracino , D. Villamaina , A. Vulpiani

The quantum field of a single particle is expressed as the sum of the particle's ordinary wave function and the vacuum fluctuations. An exact quantum-field calculation shows that the squared amplitude of this field sums, at any time, to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Benjamin Ross

We formulate exact generalized nonequilibrium fluctuation relations for the quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator coupled to multiple harmonic baths. Each of the different baths is prepared in its own individual (in general nonthermal)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Pagel , P. Nalbach , A. Alvermann , H. Fehske , M. Thorwart

In this paper we address the problem of consistently construct Langevin equations to describe fluctuations in non-linear systems. Detailed balance severely restricts the choice of the random force, but we prove that this property together…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Bonet Avalos , I. Pagonabarraga

It is supposed the alternative to Quantum Mechanics Axiomatic. Fluctuational Theory save the Mathematics of Quantum Mechanic without change, naming this Mathematics as Method of Indirect Computation. Fluctuational Theory is delete the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Timur F. Kamalov

Motivated by the wide range of applicability of the fluctuation and dissipation phenomena in non-equilibrium systems, we provide a universal study scheme for the dissipation of the energy and the corresponding Brownian motion analysis of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Dimitrios Giataganas , Da-Shin Lee , Chen-Pin Yeh

Concepts from elementary quantum mechanics can be used to understand vortex line fluctuations in high-temperature superconductors. Flux lines are essentially classical objects, described by a string tension, their mutual repulsion, and…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 David R. Nelson

With this work we elaborate on the physics of quantum noise in thermal equilibrium and in stationary non-equilibrium. Starting out from the celebrated quantum fluctuation-dissipation theorem we discuss some important consequences that must…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Hänggi , Gert-Ludwig Ingold

In this note we study nonequilibrium fluctuations in gravitational algebras within de Sitter space. An essential aspect of this study is quantum measurement theory, which allows us to access the dynamical fluctuations of observables via a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-18 Michele Cirafici

In the context of Quantum Cosmology and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation we investigate the possible effects of a non semiclassical wave-function of the universe on the evolution of the inflationary perturbations. These are associated with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-20 A. Y. Kamenshchik , A. Tronconi , T. Vardanyan , G. Venturi

While the origin of temporal correlations in Langevin dynamics have been thoroughly researched, the understanding of Spatially Correlated Noise (SCN) is rather incomplete. In particular, very little is known about the relation between…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-19 M. Majka , P. F. Góra

We carry out a theoretical investigation on the collective dynamics of an ensemble of correlated atoms, subject to both vacuum fluctuations of spacetime and stochastic gravitational waves. A general approach is taken with the derivation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-20 Diego A. Quinones , Teodora Oniga , Benjamin T. H. Varcoe , Charles H. -T. Wang

Dynamical random walk of classical particle in thermodynamically equilibrium fluctuating medium, - Gaussian random potential field, - is considered in the framework of explicit stochastic representation of deterministic interactions. We…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-02-05 Yu. E. Kuzovlev

The properties of the thermal force driving micron particles in incompressible fluids are studied within the hydrodynamic theory of the Brownian motion. It is shown that the assumption used for the hydrodynamic Langevin equation in its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-10-16 Vladimir Lisy , Jana Tothova , Lukas Glod

Superfluidity and superconductivity are genuine many-body manifestations of quantum coherence. For finite-size systems the associated pairing gap fluctuates as a function of size or shape. We provide a parameter free theoretical description…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-11-09 H. Olofsson , S. Åberg , P. Leboeuf

Open system dynamics in a classical setting is microscopically governed by the structure of the thermal environment which influences the dynamics of the probe particle (free or in an external potential). Nonlinear baths have recently been…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-07-20 Chitrak Bhadra , Ion Santra , Dhruba Banerjee

We investigate the fluctuation dynamics of a probe around a deterministic motion induced by interactions with driven particles. The latter constitute the nonequilibrium medium in which the probe is immersed and is modelled as overdamped…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-01-03 Christian Maes , Stefano Steffenoni

We review some connections between quantum information and statistical mechanics. We focus on three sets of results for classical spin models. First, we show that the partition function of all classical spin models (including models in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-12-23 Gemma De las Cuevas