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We investigate critical quantum metrology,that is the estimation of parameters in many-body systems close to a quantum critical point, through the lens of Bayesian inference theory. We first derive a no-go result stating that any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Raffaele Salvia , Mohammad Mehboudi , Martí Perarnau-Llobet

We consider a dynamic protocol for quantum many-body systems, which enables to study the interplay between unitary Hamiltonian driving and random local projective measurements. While the unitary dynamics tends to increase entanglement,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-15 Davide Rossini , Ettore Vicari

Multipartite quantum states saturating the Heisenberg limit of sensitivity typically require full-body correlators to be prepared. On the other hand, experimentally practical Hamiltonians often involve few-body correlators only. Here, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-03 Majid Hassani , Mengyao Hu , Guillem Müller-Rigat , Matteo Fadel , Jordi Tura

Entangled many-body states enable high-precision quantum sensing beyond the standard quantum limit. We develop interferometric sensing protocols based on quantum critical wavefunctions and compare their performance with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Yinan Chen , Sara Murciano , Pablo Sala , Jason Alicea

Multi-boson symmetrization effects on two-particle Bose-Einstein interferometry are studied for ensembles with arbitrary multiplicity distributions. In the general case one finds interesting residual correlations which require a modified…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ulrich Heinz

Beyond the regime of distinguishable particles, many-body quantum interferences influence quantum transport in an intricate manner. However, symmetries of the single-particle transformation matrix alleviate this complexity and even allow…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-19 Christoph Dittel , Robert Keil , Gregor Weihs

Neutrino flavor evolution in dense astrophysical environments is inherently nonlinear and sensitive to many-body (MB) quantum effects beyond the mean-field (MF) approximation. Existing MB studies are constrained by small system sizes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 Zoha Laraib , Sherwood Richers

In an ideal quantum measurement, the wave function of a quantum system collapses to an eigenstate of the measured observable, and the corresponding eigenvalue determines the measurement outcome. If the observable commutes with the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-13 Dayou Yang , Andrey Grankin , Lukas M. Sieberer , Denis V. Vasilyev , Peter Zoller

In quantum many-body theory, all physical observables are described in terms of correlation functions between particle creation/annihilation operators. Measurement of such correlation functions can therefore be regarded as an operational…

Calculating bounds of properties of many-body quantum systems is of paramount importance, since they guide our understanding of emergent quantum phenomena and complement the insights obtained from estimation methods. Recent semidefinite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Luke Mortimer , Leonardo Zambrano , Antonio Acín , Donato Farina

Contemporary understanding of correlations in quantum many-body systems and in quantum phase transitions is based to a large extent on the recent intensive studies of entanglement in many-body systems. In contrast, much less is known about…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 J. Tura , R. Augusiak , A. B. Sainz , B. Lücke , C. Klempt , M. Lewenstein , A. Acín

Multi-boson symmetrization effects on two-particle Bose-Einstein interferometry are studied for ensembles with arbitrary multiplicity distributions. This generalizes the previously studied case of a Poissonian input multiplicity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-09 Ulrich Heinz , Pierre Scotto , Qing-Hui Zhang

Single parameter estimation is known to benefit from extreme sensitivity to parameter changes in quantum critical systems. However, the simultaneous estimation of multiple parameters is generally limited due to the incompatibility arising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-25 Giovanni Di Fresco , Bernardo Spagnolo , Davide Valenti , Angelo Carollo

In quantum interferometry, it is vital to control and utilize nonlinear interactions for achieving high-precision measurements. Attribute to their long coherent time and high controllability, ultracold atoms including Bose condensed atoms…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-02-06 Chaohong Lee , Jiahao Huang , Haiming Deng , Hui Dai , Jun Xu

In view of the coherent properties of a large number of atoms, Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) have a high potential for sensing applications. Several proposals have been put forward to use collective excitations such as phonons in BECs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Dennis Rätzel , Ralf Schützhold

We discuss the effects of many-body coherence on the speed of evolution of ultracold atomic gases and the relation to quantum speed limits. Our approach is focused on two related systems, spinless fermions and the bosonic Tonks-Girardeau…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 Tian-Niu Xu , Jing Li , Thomas Busch , Xi Chen , Thomás Fogarty

We demonstrate that a many-body nonlocality is a resource for ultra-precise metrology. This result is achieved by linking the sensitivity of a quantum sensor with a combination of many-body correlation functions that witness the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Artur Niezgoda , Jan Chwedenczuk

We investigate the applicability of machine learning techniques in studying the finite-size effects associated with many-body physics. These techniques have an emerging presence in many-body theory as they have been used for interpolations,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-08 Nawar Ismail , Alexandros Gezerlis

A major goal of developing high-precision control of many-body quantum systems is to realise their potential as quantum computers. Probably the most significant obstacle in this direction is the problem of "decoherence": the extreme…

The effects of discreteness arising from the use of the N-body method on the accuracy of simulations of cosmological structure formation are not currently well understood. After a discussion of how the relevant discretisation parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael Joyce , Bruno Marcos , Thierry Baertschiger