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The accurate simulation of real--time quantum transport is notoriously difficult, requiring a consistent scheme to treat incoming and outgoing fluxes at the boundary of an open system. We demonstrate a method to converge non--equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-02 Justin E. Elenewski , Yanxiang Zhao , Hanning Chen

In study of pseudo(quasi)-hermitian operators, the key role is played by the positive-definite metric operator. It enables physical interpretation of the considered systems. In the article, we study the pseudo-hermitian systems with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-17 Vit Jakubsky

Non-Hermitian systems are widespread in both classical and quantum physics. The dynamics of such systems has recently become a focal point of research, showcasing surprising behaviors that include apparent violation of the adiabatic theorem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-15 Parveen Kumar , Yuval Gefen , Kyrylo Snizhko

Phase transitions are fundamental in nature. A small parameter change near a critical point leads to a qualitative change in system properties. Across a regular phase transition, the system remains in thermal equilibrium and, therefore,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-24 Jingwen Li , Michael Turaev , Masakazu Matsubara , Kristin Kliemt , Cornelius Krellner , Shovon Pal , Manfred Fiebig , Johann Kroha

In contrast to classical systems, actual implementation of non-Hermitian Hamiltonian dynamics for quantum systems is a challenge because the processes of energy gain and dissipation are based on the underlying Hermitian system-environment…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-23 R. Grimaudo , A. Messina , A. Sergi , N. V. Vitanov , S. N. Filippov

A quantum statistical random system with energy dissipation is studied. Its statistics is governed by random complex-valued non-Hermitean Hamiltonians belonging to complex Ginibre ensemble of random matrices. The eigenenergies of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maciej M. Duras

This paper considers the problem of robust stability for a class of uncertain nonlinear quantum systems subject to unknown perturbations in the system Hamiltonian. The nominal system is a linear quantum system defined by a linear vector of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Ian R. Petersen

Open classical and quantum systems have attracted great interest in the past two decades. These include systems described by non-Hermitian Hamiltonians with parity-time $(\mathcal{PT})$ symmetry that are best understood as systems with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-22 Kaustubh S. Agarwal , Jacob Muldoon , Yogesh N. Joglekar

Standard quantum mechanics predicts the non-conservation of state norms and probability when the fundamental requirement of the Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian is relaxed. Biorthogonal quantum mechanics, or the more general metric formalism,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-18 Mario Gonzalez , Karin Sim , R. Chitra

Statistical mechanics of the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is studied by means of analytical and numerical techniques. The lower bound of the Hamiltonian permits the construction of standard Gibbsian equilibrium measures for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Ø. Rasmussen , T. Cretegny , P. G. Kevrekidis , N. Grønbech-Jensen

We study the quantum dynamics generated by a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian subject to stochastic perturbations in its anti-Hermitian part, describing fluctuating gains and losses. The dynamics averaged over the noise is described by an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Pablo Martinez-Azcona , Aritra Kundu , Avadh Saxena , Adolfo del Campo , Aurelia Chenu

In this work we intend to study a class of time-dependent quantum systems with non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, particularly those whose Hermitian counterpart are important for the comprehension of posed problems in quantum optics and quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. de Souza Dutra , M. B. Hott , V. G. C. S dos Santos

Non hermitian Hamiltonians play an important role in the study of dissipative quantum systems. We show that using states with time dependent normalization can simplify the description of such systems especially in the context of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-09 Kushagra Nigam , Kinjal Banerjee

Ability of dynamical systems to relax to equilibrium has been investigated since the invention of statistical mechanics, which establishes the connection between dynamics of many-body Hamiltonian systems and phenomenological thermodynamics.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-07-01 K. S. Glavatskiy , V. L. Kulinskii

We provide a new perspective on non-Hermitian evolution in quantum mechanics by emphasizing the same method as in the Hermitian quantum evolution. We first give a precise description of the non unitary evolution, and collecting the basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-21 Mustapha Maamache

We explore the relation between quantum geometry in non-Hermitian systems and physically measurable phenomena. We highlight various situations in which the behavior of a non-Hermitian system is best understood in terms of quantum geometry,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Anton Montag , Tomoki Ozawa

A quantum state for being an eigenstate of some local Hamiltonian should be constraint by zero energy variance and consequently, the constraint is rather strong that a single eigenstate may uniquely determine the Hamiltonian. For…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Xu-Dan Xie , Zheng-Yuan Xue , Dan-Bo Zhang

The non-Hermitian paradigm of quantum systems displays salient features drastically different from Hermitian counterparts. In this work, we focus on one such aspect, the difference of evolving quantum ensembles under $H_{\mathrm{nh}}$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-03 Soumik Bandyopadhyay , Philipp Hauke , Sudipto Singha Roy

An open question in the field of non-equilibrium statistical physics is whether there exists a unique way through which non-equilibrium systems equilibrate irrespective of how far they are away from equilibrium. To answer this question we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-03-14 P. Barat , A. Giri , Nilangshu K. Das , M. Bhattacharya , A. Dutta

This paper considers the problem of robust stability for a class of uncertain nonlinear quantum systems subject to unknown perturbations in the system Hamiltonian. The case of a nominal linear quantum system is considered with non-quadratic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-26 Ian R. Petersen