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The path integral quantization method is applied to a relativistically covariant version of the Hopfield model, which represents a very interesting mesoscopic framework for the description of the interaction between quantum light and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 F. Belgiorno , S. L. Cacciatori , F. Dalla Piazza , M. Doronzo

We study Unruh phenomena for a qudit detector coupled to a quantized scalar field, comparing its response to that of a standard qubit-based Unruh-DeWitt detector. We show that there are limitations to the utility of the detailed balance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-14 Caroline Lima , Everett Patterson , Erickson Tjoa , Robert B. Mann

We present a real-time path-integral formulation of the quantum Fisher information for dynamical parameter estimation. For pure states undergoing unitary evolution, we show that the quantum Fisher information can be expressed as a connected…

The Unruh-DeWitt particle detector model has found success in demonstrating quantum information channels with non-zero channel capacity between qubits and quantum fields. These detector models provide the necessary framework for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-08 Eric W. Aspling , John A. Marohn , Michael J. Lawler

We analyze the property of locality with respect to the framework for quantum mechanics based on the path integral formalism. As is well known, this framework makes the same experimental predictions as does the one based on a separable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-01 Warren Leffler

The core of this thesis is the path-integral formulation of quantum field theory and its ability to describe strongly-coupled quantum many-body systems of finite size. Collective behaviors can be efficiently described in such systems…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-17 Kilian Fraboulet

Unruh-DeWitt (UDW) detector that couples locally to a quantum field is an important tool for operationally studying field properties. Here, we study the response of an inertial UDW detector to a non-relativistic particle state of a massive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Qidong Xu

Path integrals for particles in curved spaces can be used to compute trace anomalies in quantum field theories, and more generally to study properties of quantum fields coupled to gravity in first quantization. While their construction in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-26 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Olindo Corradini , Edoardo Vassura

A universal framework for the joint measurement of multiple localized observables in quantum field theory satisfying spacetime locality and compositionality is still lacking. We present an approach to the problem that is based on the one…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-20 Robert Oeckl , Adamantia Zampeli

We show an analogy between static quantum emitters coupled to a single mode of a quantum field and accelerated Unruh-DeWitt detectors. We envision a way to simulate a variety of relativistic quantum field settings beyond the reach of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-02-22 M. del Rey , D. Porras , E. Martin-Martinez

A new theoretical framework to describe the experimental advances in electro-optic detection of broadband quantum states, specifically the quantum vacuum, is devised. By making use of fundamental concepts from quantum field theory on…

We study, using Rindler coordinates, the quantization of a charged scalar field interacting with a constant, external, electric field. First we establish the expression of the Schwinger vacuum decay rate, using the operator formalism. Then…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Cl. Gabriel , Ph. Spindel

We propose a scheme to study the effect of motion on measurements of a quantum field carried out by a finite-size detector. We introduce a model of projective detection of a localised field mode in an arbitrary reference frame. We apply it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-29 Andrzej Dragan , Jason Doukas , Eduardo Martin-Martinez , David Edward Bruschi

We analyze quantum parameter estimation by studying the dynamics of the quantum Fisher information (QFI) for two classes of parameters, acceleration and initial-state weight, in an Unruh-DeWitt detector undergoing four distinct noninertial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Han Wang , Jialin Zhang , Hongwei Yu

We present a comparison of the AQFT-based Fewster-Verch framework with the Unruh-DeWitt particle detector models commonly employed in relativistic quantum information and QFT in curved space. We use this comparison to respond to a recent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Daniel Grimmer , Bruno de S. L. Torres , Eduardo Martín-Martínez

We develop a general formalism for a non-perturbative treatment of harmonic-oscillator particle detectors in relativistic quantum field theory using continuous-variables techniques. By means of this we forgo perturbation theory altogether…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-02 Eric G. Brown , Eduardo Martin-Martinez , Nicolas C. Menicucci , Robert B. Mann

Inspired by Mott's (1929) analysis of particle tracks in a cloud chamber, we consider a simple model for quantum cosmology which includes, in the total Hamiltonian, model detectors registering whether or not the system, at any stage in its…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 J. J. Halliwell

We present a quantum-optical platform for simulating relativistic detector-field interactions using entangled nonlinear biphoton sources (ENBSs), realized through phase-controlled single-photon frequency-comb (SPFC) sources. By mapping the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Tai Hyun Yoon

This paper presents an analytical treatment of the path integral formalism for time-dependent quantum systems within the framework of Wigner-Dunkl mechanics, emphasizing systems with varying masses and time-dependent potentials. By…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 A. Benchikha , B. Hamil , B. C. Lütfüoğlu

We frame the issue of pedestrian dynamics modeling in terms of path-integrals, a formalism originally introduced in quantum mechanics to account for the behavior of quantum particles, later extended to quantum field theories and to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-11-04 Alessandro Corbetta , Federico Toschi