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We propose a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for the simulation of real-time dynamics in interacting quantum field theories coupled to classical fields, focusing on the self-consistent estimation of semiclassical backreaction. By…

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The atomic motion controls important features of materials, such as thermal transport, phase transitions, and vibrational spectra. However, the simulation of ionic dynamics is exceptionally challenging when quantum fluctuations are relevant…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-25 Antonio Siciliano , Lorenzo Monacelli , Giovanni Caldarelli , Francesco Mauri

This work explores the intersection of quantum mechanics and curved spacetime by employing the Wigner formalism to investigate quantum systems in the vicinity of black holes. Specifically, we study the quantum dynamics of a probe particle…

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We present a perturbation analysis of the semiclassical Wigner equation which is based on the interplay between configuration and phase spaces via Wigner transform. We employ the so-called harmonic approximation of the Schrodinger…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-25 E. K. Kalligiannaki , G. N. Makrakis

The Thomas-Fermi approximation is a powerful method that has been widely used to describe atomic structures, finite nuclei, and nonuniform matter in supernovae and neutron-star crusts. Nonuniform nuclear matter at subnuclear density is…

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A new approach is proposed to assess the reliability of the truncated wavefunction methods by estimating the deviation from the full configuration interaction (FCI) wavefunction. While typical multireference diagnostics compare some derived…

A formalism is presented in which quantum particle dynamics can be developed on its own rather than `quantization' of an underlying classical theory. It is proposed that the unification of probability and dynamics should be considered as…

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The Hamiltonian constraint of scalar-tensor theories in the Jordan frame is quantised using three quantisation prescriptions in loop quantum cosmology, from which we obtain three different effective Hamiltonian constraints. The…

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Quenches in isolated quantum systems are currently a subject of intense study. Here, we consider quantum few-mode systems that are integrable in their classical mean-field limit and become dynamically unstable after a quench of a system…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-07-12 Ranchu Mathew , Eite Tiesinga

We analyze the time evolution of the Bose-Hubbard model after a sudden quantum quench to a weakly interacting regime. Specifically, motivated by a recent experiment at Kyoto University, we numerically simulate redistribution of the kinetic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-02-27 Kazuma Nagao , Masaya Kunimi , Yosuke Takasu , Yoshiro Takahashi , Ippei Danshita

We develop a semiclassical framework for studying quantum particles constrained to curved surfaces using the momentous quantum mechanics formalism, which extends classical phase-space to include quantum fluctuation variables (moments). In a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-29 Guillermo Chacon-Acosta , H. Hernandez-Hernandez , J. Ruvalcaba-Rascon

Stochastic dynamics of a quantum system driven by $N$ statistically independent random sudden quenches in a fixed time interval is studied. We reveal that with growing $N$ the system approaches a deterministic limit indicating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Marcin Łobejko , Jerzy Dajka , Jerzy Łuczka

We develop a method to calculate generic time-dependent correlation functions for inhomogeneous quantum quenches in (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) induced by sudden Hamiltonian deformations that modulate the energy density…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-06 Xinyu Liu , Alexander McDonald , Tokiro Numasawa , Biao Lian , Shinsei Ryu

Quenching and annealing are extreme opposites in the time evolution of a quantum system: Annealing explores equilibrium phases of a Hamiltonian with slowly changing parameters and can be exploited as a tool for solving complex optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-19 Bernhard Irsigler , Tobias Grass

Renormalization-group methods provide a viable approach for investigating the emergent collective behavior of classical and quantum statistical systems in both equilibrium and nonequilibrium conditions. Within this approach we investigate…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-11-25 Alessio Chiocchetta , Marco Tavora , Andrea Gambassi , Aditi Mitra

We analyze constrained quantum systems where the dynamics do not preserve the constraints. This is done in particular for the restriction of a quantum particle in Euclidean n-space to a curved submanifold, and we propose a method of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Hendrik Grundling , C. A. Hurst

We study signatures of quantum chaos in (1+1)D Quantum Field Theory (QFT) models. Our analysis is based on the method of Hamiltonian truncation, a numerical approach for the construction of low-energy spectra and eigenstates of QFTs that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-02 Miha Srdinsek , Tomaz Prosen , Spyros Sotiriadis

A gauge-invariant Wigner quantum mechanical theory is obtained by applying the Weyl-Stratonovich transform to the von Neumann equation for the density matrix. The transform reduces to the Weyl transform in the electrostatic limit, when the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-11-24 Mihail Nedjalkov , Mauro Ballicchia , Robert Kosik , Josef Weinbub

We study the phase-space representation of dynamics of bosons in the semiclassical regime where the occupation number of the modes is large. To this end, we employ the van Vleck-Gutzwiller propagator to obtain an approximation for the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-09-04 Ranchu Mathew , Eite Tiesinga