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Since the very early days of quantum theory there have been numerous attempts to interpret quantum mechanics as a statistical theory. This is equivalent to describing quantum states and ensembles together with their dynamics entirely in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-21 R. P. Rundle , Todd Tilma , J. H. Samson , V. M. Dwyer , R. F. Bishop , M. J. Everitt

We study different aspects the worldline path integrals with gauge fields using quantum computing. We use the Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) and Evolution of Hamiltonian (EOH) quantum algorithms and IBM QISKit to perform our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-19 Yuan Feng , Michael McGuigan

We formulate the coherent state path integral on a two dimensional noncommutative plane using the fact that noncommuative quantum mechanics can be viewed as a quantum system on the Hilbert space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators acting on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-12-19 Sunandan Gangopadhyay , Frederik G Scholtz

In the probability representation of the standard quantum mechanics, the explicit expression (and its quasiclassical van-Fleck approximation) for the ``classical'' propagator (transition probability distribution), which completely describes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Olga Man'ko , V. I. Man'ko

We study generalized heat kernel coefficients, which appear in the trace of the heat kernel with an insertion of a first-order differential operator, by using a path integral representation. These coefficients may be used to study…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-30 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Francesco Comberiati

We discuss an ab initio world-line approach to constructing phase space distributions in systems with internal symmetries. Starting from the Schwinger-Keldysh real time path integral in quantum field theory, we derive the most general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-13 Niklas Mueller , Raju Venugopalan

Discretizations of the Feynman-Kac path integral representation of the quantum mechanical density matrix are investigated. Each infinite-dimensional path integral is approximated by a Riemann integral over a finite-dimensional function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bond , Brian B. Laird , Benedict J. Leimkuhler

We introduce a quasi-probability phase space distribution with two pairs of azimuthal-angular coordinates. This representation is well adapted to describe quantum systems with discrete symmetry. Quantum error correction of states encoded in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 N. Fabre , A. Keller , P. Milman

Recently, a new definition for a Wigner distribution function for a one-dimensional finite quantum system, in which the position and momentum operators have a finite (multiplicity-free) spectrum, was developed. This distribution function is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-23 Roy Oste , Joris Van der Jeugt

Path integral-based simulation methodologies play a crucial role for the investigation of nuclear quantum effects by means of computer simulations. However, these techniques are significantly more demanding than corresponding classical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-01-17 Karsten Kreis , Kurt Kremer , Raffaello Potestio , Mark E. Tuckerman

We introduce in this work an efficient numerical method for the simulation of the quantum Liouville-BGK equation, which models the diffusive transport of quantum particles. The corner stone to the model is the BGK collision operator,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Sophia Potoczak Bragdon , Olivier Pinaud

The equation of motion for the reduced Wigner function of a system coupled to an external quantum system is presented for the specific case when the external quantum system can be modeled as a set of harmonic oscillators. The result is…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-05-11 Dries Sels , Fons Brosens

The Gaussian Wave-Packet phase-space representation is used to show that the expansion in powers of $\hbar$ of the quantum Liouville propagator leads, in the zeroth order term, to results close to those obtained in the statistical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. W. Bund , S. S. Mizrahi , M. C. Tijero

Accurate simulation of nuclear quantum effects is essential for molecular modeling but expensive using path integral molecular dynamics (PIMD). We present GG-PI, a ring-polymer-based framework that combines generative modeling of the…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Weizhou Wang , Xuanxi Zhang , Jonathan Weare , Aaron R. Dinner

A complete solution to the problem of setting up Wigner distribution for N-level quantum systems is presented. The scheme makes use of some of the ideas introduced by Dirac in the course of defining functions of noncommuting observables and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Chaturvedi , E. Ercolessi , G. Marmo , G. Morandi , N. Mukunda , R. Simon

We calculate the joint probability distribution of the Wigner-Smith time-delay matrix $Q=-i\hbar S^{-1} \partial S/\partial \epsilon$ and the scattering matrix $S$ for scattering from a chaotic cavity with ideal point contacts. Hereto we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. W. Brouwer , K. M. Frahm , C. W. J. Beenakker

In this contribution a path integral approach for the quantum motion on three-dimensional spaces according to Koenigs, for short``Koenigs-Spaces'', is discussed. Their construction is simple: One takes a Hamiltonian from three-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-24 Christian Grosche

Path integrals are a central tool when it comes to describing quantum or thermal fluctuations of particles or fields. Their success dates back to Feynman who showed how to use them within the framework of quantum mechanics. Since then, path…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-31 Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Vivien Lecomte , Frédéric Van Wijland

A review of fundamentals and physical applications of fractional quantum mechanics has been presented. Fundamentals cover fractional Schr\"odinger equation, quantum Riesz fractional derivative, path integral approach to fractional quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Nick Laskin

The Wigner spacing distribution has a long and illustrious history in nuclear physics and in the quantum mechanics of classically chaotic systems. In this paper, a novel connection between the Wigner distribution and 2D classical mechanics…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-08-03 Jamal Sakhr