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We analyze vacuum tunneling in quantum field theory in a general formalism by using the Wigner representation. In the standard instanton formalism, one usually approximates the initial false vacuum state by an eigenstate of the field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-15 Mark P. Hertzberg , Masaki Yamada

A detailed real time description of quantum tunneling in the semiclassical limit is given, using complex classical trajectories. This picture connects naturally with the ideas of post-selection and weak measurement introduced by Aharonov…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Neil Turok

A reformulation of a physical theory in which measurements at the initial and final moments of time are treated independently is discussed, both on the classical and quantum levels. Methods of the standard quantum mechanics are used to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-09 Pavel Krtous

Tunneling is an iconic concept that captures the peculiarity of quantum dynamics but, despite its ubiquity, questions remain. We focus on strong-field tunneling, which is vital to all attosecond science. We find an unexpected optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Anne Weber , Margarita Khokhlova , Emilio Pisanty

The central idea advocated in this paper is that {forming the black hole horizon is attended with transition from the classical regime of evolution to the quantum one}. We justify the following criterion for discriminating between the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 B. P. Kosyakov

We present a class of 2D systems which shows a counterintuitive property that contradicts a semi classical intuition: A 2D quantum particle "prefers" tunneling through a barrier rather than traveling above it. Viewing the one particle 2D…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-02-14 Denys I. Bondar , Wing-Ki Liu , Misha Yu. Ivanov

We analyze quantum-mechanical counterpart of Newtonian cosmology and show that effects of zero-point motion eliminate classical density singularity. Quantum effects are particularly significant for closed Universes where without the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 Eugene B. Kolomeisky

Quantum theory's irreducible empirical core is a probability calculus. While it presupposes the events to which (and on the basis of which) it serves to assign probabilities, and therefore cannot account for their occurrence, it has to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-03 Ulrich Mohrhoff

Quantum physics at scales large compared to the Planck scale is described in the framework of classical space-time geometries. A criterion for selecting these backgrounds out of quantized gravity is proposed. It leads to an instability of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 F. Englert

Singularity of the potential function makes quantum tunneling problem mathematically underdetermined. To circumvent the difficulties it introduced in physics, a potential singularity cutoff is often used, followed by a reverse limit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 A. Zh. Muradyan

We explore the quantum nature of black holes by introducing an effective framework that takes into account deviations from the classical results. The approach is based on introducing quantum corrections to the classical Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-14 Emanuele Binetti , Manuel Del Piano , Stefan Hohenegger , Franco Pezzella , Francesco Sannino

In quantum cosmology, one often considers tunneling phenomena which may have occurred in the early universe. Processes requiring quantum penetration of a potential barrier include black hole pair creation and the decay of vacuum domain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Raphael Bousso , Andrew Chamblin

The motion of a particle near the RN black hole horizon is described by conformal mechanics. Models of this type have no ground state with vanishing energy. This problem was resolved in past by a redefinition of the Hamiltonian which breaks…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Renata Kallosh

The gravitational force harbours a fundamental instability against collapse. In standard General Relativity without Quantum Mechanics, this implies the existence of black holes as natural, stable solutions of Einstein's equations. If one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 Gerard 't Hooft

Time continues to be an intriguing physical property in the modern era. On the one hand, we have the Classical and Relativistic notion of time, where space and time have the same hierarchy, which is essential in describing events in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-29 Arlans JS de Lara , Marcus W Beims

We bring together the semiclassical approximation, matrix integrals and the theory of symmetric polynomials in order to solve a long standing problem in the field of quantum chaos: to compute transport moments when tunnel barriers are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-04 Lucas H. Oliveira , Pedro H. S. Bento , Marcel Novaes

Quantum tunneling allows electrons to be transferred between two regions separated by an energetically forbidden barrier. Performing a position measurement that finds a particle in the barrier forces the tunneling electrons to transition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Rafael Sánchez , Alok Nath Singh , Andrew N. Jordan , Bibek Bhandari

A simple model is considered to study the effects of finite size and internal structure in the tunneling of bound two-body systems through a potential barrier. It is demonstrated that these effects are able to increase the tunneling…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-08-18 V. V. Flambaum , V. G. Zelevinsky

A Hamiltonian framework is introduced to encompass non-rotating (but possibly charged) black holes that are ``isolated'' near future time-like infinity or for a finite time interval. The underlying space-times need not admit a stationary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 A. Ashtekar , A. Corichi , K. Krasnov

Process of quantum tunneling of particles in various physical systems can be effectively controlled even by a weak and slow varying in time electromagnetic signal if to adapt specially its shape to a particular system. During an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-02-05 B. I. Ivlev