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We investigate a thermally isolated quantum many-body system with an external control represented by a step protocol of a parameter. The propagator at each step of the parameter change is described by thermodynamic quantities under some…

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In this contribution a path integral approach for the quantum motion on three-dimensional spaces according to Koenigs, for short``Koenigs-Spaces'', is discussed. Their construction is simple: One takes a Hamiltonian from three-dimensional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-08-24 Christian Grosche

Quantum thermometry plays a critical role in the development of low-temperature sensors and quantum information platforms. In this work, we propose and theoretically analyze a hybrid circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture in which a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Shaojiang Zhu , Xinyuan You , Alexander Romanenko , Anna Grassellino

We investigate the transport properties of an anharmonic oscillator, modeled by a single-site Bose-Hubbard model, coupled to two different thermal baths using the numerically exact thermofield based chain-mapping matrix product states…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-08-18 Tianqi Chen , Vinitha Balachandran , Chu Guo , Dario Poletti

Understanding the thermodynamics of driven quantum systems strongly coupled to thermal baths is a central focus of quantum thermodynamics and mesoscopic physics. A variety of different methodological approaches exist in the literature, all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-29 Artur M. Lacerda , Archak Purkayastha , Michael Kewming , Gabriel T. Landi , John Goold

Coherent state path integrals are applied to a many-body problem for non-relativistic electrons in a central potential and an external magnetic field; however, in comparison to previous coherent state path integrals, we definitely fix the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-06-16 Bernhard Mieck

Multiple bosons undergoing coherent evolution in a coupled network of sites constitute a so-called quantum walk system. The simplest example of such a two-particle interference is the celebrated Hong-Ou-Mandel interference. When scaling to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 Samuel Goldstein , Simcha Korenblit , Ydan Bendor , Hao You , Michael R. Geller , Nadav Katz

We theoretically explore quantum correlation properties of a dissipative Bose-Hubbard dimer in presence of a coherent drive. In particular, we focus on the regime where the semiclassical theory predicts a bifurcation with a spontaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-10 Wim Casteels , Cristiano Ciuti

A model for the coherent output coupler of the Bose-Einstein condensed atoms from a trap in the recent MIT experiment (Phys. Rev. Lett., 78 (1997) 582) is established with a simple many-boson system of two states with linear coupling. Its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. P. Sun J. M. Li , H. Zhan , Y. X. Miao , S. R. Zhao , G. Xu

Collisions in a thermal gas are perceived as random or incoherent as a consequence of the large numbers of initial and final quantum states accessible to the system. In a quantum gas, e.g. a Bose-Einstein condensate or a degenerate Fermi…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Ming-Shien Chang , Qishu Qin , Wenxian Zhang , Li You , Michael S. Chapman

We introduce a quasiclassical Green function approach describing the unitary yet irreversible dynamics of quantum systems effectively acting as their own environment. Combining a variety of concepts of quantum many-body theory, notably the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Alexander Altland , Kun Woo Kim , Tobias Micklitz

We construct generalized coherent states (GCS) of a massive accelerated particle. This example is an important step in studying coherent states (CS) for systems with an unbounded motion and a continuous spectrum. First, we represent quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-06 A. I. Breev , D. M. Gitman , Paulo A. Derolle

A quantum measurement model based upon restricted path-integrals allows us to study measurements of generalized position in various one-dimensional systems of phenomenological interest. After a general overview of the method we discuss the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Tommaso Calarco , Roberto Onofrio , Carlo Presilla , Lorenza Viola

A mesoscopic system of cylindrical geometry made of a metal or a semiconductor is shown to exhibit features of a quantum coherent state. It is shown that magnetostatic interaction can play an important role in mesoscopic systems leading to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Zipper , M. Lisowski

Preparation of non-trivial quantum states without introducing unwanted excitations or decoherence remains a central challenge in utilizing ultracold atomic systems for quantum simulation. We employ optimal control methods to realize fast,…

We describe the ground state of a gas of bosonic atoms with two coherently coupled internal levels in a deep optical lattice in a one dimensional geometry. In the single-band approximation this system is described by a Bose-Hubbard…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-03-29 L. Barbiero , M. Abad , A. Recati

Understanding how coherence of quantum systems affects thermodynamic quantities, such as work and heat, is essential for harnessing quantumness effectively in thermal quantum technologies. Here, we study the unique contributions of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-07 Rui Huang , Q. Y. Cai , Farzam Nosrati , Rosario Lo Franco , Zhong-Xiao Man

We develop a non-perturbative method for calculating partition functions of strongly coupled quantum mechanical systems with interactions between subsystems described by a path integral of a dual system. The dual path integral is derived…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-09 Vitaly Vanchurin

We study theoretically the interaction-induced generation of mesoscopic coherent spin state superpositions (small cat states) from an initial coherent spin state in bimodal Bose-Einstein condensates and the subsequent phase revival,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-10-08 Krzysztof Pawlowski , Matteo Fadel , Philipp Treutlein , Yvan Castin , Alice Sinatra

In this work, improvements are introduced to the current models of the ideal Fermi gas and the ideal Bose gas by incorporating the quantum nature of phase space, which is directly linked to the uncertainty principle. These improved models…