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Quantum backflow refers to the appearance of negative probability current in a state whose momentum distribution is essentially positive. We propose a scheme to prepare such states in a noninteracting Bose-Einstein condensate using…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Yuchong Chen , Yijun Tang

We show that a quantum particle subjected to a positive force in one path of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a null force in the other path may receive a negative average momentum transfer when it leaves the interferometer by a particular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-18 Raul Corrêa , Marina F. B. Cenni , Pablo L. Saldanha

When a quantum particle is launched with a finite velocity in a disordered potential, it may surprisingly come back to its initial position at long times and remain there forever. This phenomenon, dubbed ``quantum boomerang effect'', was…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-07-15 Jakub Janarek , Dominique Delande , Nicolas Cherroret , Jakub Zakrzewski

In an Anderson localized system, a quantum particle with a nonzero initial velocity returns, on average, to its origin. This recently discovered behavior is known as the quantum boomerang effect. Time reversal invariance was initially…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-06-07 Jakub Janarek , Benoît Grémaud , Jakub Zakrzewski , Dominique Delande

A formalism is developed for describing approximate classical behaviour in finite (but possibly large) quantum systems. This is done in terms of a structure common to classical and quantum mechanics, viz. a Poisson space with a transition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 N. P. Landsman

Quantum droplets are a quantum analogue to classical fluid droplets in that they are self-bound and display liquid-like properties -- such as incompressibility and surface tension -- though their stability is the result of quantum…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-07-25 Thomas A. Flynn , Luca Parisi , Thomas P. Billam , Nick G. Parker

The fundamental dynamics of quantum particles is neutral with respect to the arrow of time. And yet, our experiments are not: we observe quantum systems evolving from the past to the future, but not the other way round. A fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 Giulio Chiribella , Zixuan Liu

Dissipative backflow is studied in the context of open quantum systems. This theoretical analysis is carried out within two frameworks, the effective time-dependent Hamiltonian due to Caldirola-Kanai (CK) and the Caldeira-Leggett (CL) one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-25 S. V. Mousavi , S. Miret-Artés

A hierarchy of equations for equilibrium reduced density matrices obtained earlier is used to consider systems of spinless bosons bound by forces of gravity alone. The systems are assumed to be at absolute zero of temperature under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 V. A. Golovko

The particle current in a metastable Fermi liquid against a first-order phase transition is calculated at zero temperature. During fluctuations of a droplet of the stable phase, in accordance with the conservation law, not only does an…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Kei Iida

A legend tells that once Loschmidt asked Boltzmann on what happens to his statistical theory if one inverts the velocities of all particles, so that, due to the reversibility of Newton's equations, they return from the equilibrium to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Georgeot , D. L. Shepelyansky

Quantum backaction refers to the disturbance of a quantum system caused by measuring it. In sequential measurements, this effect can accumulate and become significant, leading to nontrivial modifications of the system state and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Le Bin Ho

Quantum effects are expected to modify the cosmological dynamics of the early universe while maintaining some (potentially discrete) notion of space-time structure. In one approach, loop quantum cosmology, current models are shown here to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-29 Martin Bojowald , Manuel Diaz , Erick I. Duque

We show that, contrary to the statements made by many authors, the backflow is not a nonclassical effect. The backflow is a characteristic feature of solutions of the wave equations: quantum and classical. We present simple solutions of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Iwo Bialynicki-Birula , Zofia Bialynicka-Birula , Szymon Augustynowicz

It is found that the existence of spacetime foam leads to a situation in which the number of fundamental quantum bosonic fields is a variable quantity. The general aspects of an exact theory that allows for a variable number of fields are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Kirillov

We study the quantum backflow problem of a relativistic charged Dirac fermion constrained to move on a ring of radius $R$. Using the relativistic current operator we compute the probability flux through a generic time interval to show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-14 Valentin Daniel Paccoia , Orlando Panella , Pinaki Roy

Quantum mechanically, a driving process is expected to be reversible in the quasistatic limit, also known as the adiabatic theorem. This statement stands in opposition to classical mechanics, where a mix of regular and chaotic dynamics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-09 Yehoshua Winsten , Doron Cohen

A small momentum transfer to a particle interacting with a steep potential barrier gives rise to a quantum evaporation effect which increases the transmission appreciably. This effect results from the unexpectedly large population of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Boose , F. Bardou

The definitions of classical and quantum singularities in general relativity are reviewed. The occurence of quantum mechanical singularities in certain spherically symmetric and cylindrically symmetric (including infinite line…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. A. Konkowski , T. M. Helliwell , C. Wieland

Quantum systems have an exponentially large degree of freedom in the number of particles and hence provide a rich dynamics that could not be simulated on conventional computers. Quantum reservoir computing is an approach to use such a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Keisuke Fujii , Kohei Nakajima