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We present an iterative generalisation of the quantum subspace expansion algorithm used with a Krylov basis. The iterative construction connects a sequence of subspaces via their lowest energy states. Diagonalising a Hamiltonian in a given…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Tom O'Leary , Lewis W. Anderson , Dieter Jaksch , Martin Kiffner

We discuss the connection between the out-of-time-ordered correlator and the number of harmonics of the phase-space Wigner distribution function. In particular, we show that both quantities grow exponentially for chaotic dynamics, with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Jiaozi Wang , Giuliano Benenti , Giulio Casati , Wenge Wang

The concept of \emph{complexity} has become pivotal in multiple disciplines, including quantum information, where it serves as an alternative metric for gauging the chaotic evolution of a quantum state. This paper focuses on \emph{Krylov…

The density operator for a quantum system in thermal equilibrium with its environment depends on Planck's constant, as well as the temperature. At high temperatures, the Weyl representation, that is, the thermal Wigner function, becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida , Gert-Ludwig Ingold , Olivier Brodier

The Lanczos algorithm offers a framework for constructing wave functions in closed and open quantum systems from their Hamiltonians. Since the early universe is inherently an open system, we employ this algorithm to investigate Krylov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-17 Ke-Hong Zhai , Lei-Hua Liu

Using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics, we derive a four-component Wigner equation for a system composed of spin-1/2 fermions (typically, electrons) including the Zeeman effect and the spin-orbit coupling. This Wigner…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jerome Hurst , Paul-Antoine Hervieux , Giovanni Manfredi

Generalized Weyl quantization formalism for the cylindrical phase space $S^1 \times \mathbb{R}^1$ is developed. It is shown that the quantum observables relevant to the phase of linear harmonic oscillator or electromagnetic field can be…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Maciej Przanowski , Przemysław Brzykcy

We develop a systematic description of Weyl and Fano operators on a lattice phase space. Introducing the so-called ghost variable even on an odd lattice, odd and even lattices can be treated in a symmetric way. The Wigner function is…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Hashimoto , M. Horibe , A. Hayashi

Following the discussion -- in state space language -- presented in a preceding paper, we work on the passage from the phase space description of a degree of freedom described by a finite number of states (without classical counterpart) to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Ruzzi , D. Galetti

Krylov complexity measures operator growth with respect to a basis, which is adapted to the Heisenberg time evolution. The construction of that basis relies on the Lanczos algorithm, also known as the recursion method. The mathematics of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-13 Wolfgang Mück , Yi Yang

We reformulate time evolution of systems in mixed states in terms of the classical observables of correlators using the Weyl correspondence rule. The resulting equation of motion for the Wigner functional of the density matrix is found to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Herbert Nachbagauer

A new and computationally viable full quantum version of line shape theory is obtained in terms of a mixed Weyl symbol calculus. The basic ingredient in the collision--broadened line shape theory is the time dependent dipole autocorrelation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. A. Osborn , M. F. Kondrat'eva , G. C. Tabisz , B. R. McQuarrie

We consider the quantum mechanical equivalence of the Seiberg-Witten map in the context of the Weyl-Wigner-Groenewold-Moyal phase-space formalism in order to construct a quantum mechanics over noncommutative Heisenberg algebras. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Marcos Rosenbaum , J. David Vergara

Recently a paper on the construction of consistent Wigner functions for cylindrical phase spaces S^1 x R, i.e. for the canonical pair angle and angular momentum, was presented (arXiv:1601.02520), main properties of those functions derived,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-19 H. A. Kastrup

The Lindblad equation governs general markovian evolution of the density operator in an open quantum system. An expression for the rate of change of the Wigner function as a sum of integrals is one of the forms of the Weyl representation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida

Krylov complexity is a novel measure of operator complexity that exhibits universal behavior and bounds a large class of other measures. In this letter, we generalize Krylov complexity from a closed system to an open system coupled to a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-11 Chang Liu , Haifeng Tang , Hui Zhai

The time evolution of the Wigner function for Gaussian states generated by Lindblad quantum dynamics is investigated in the semiclassical limit. A new type of phase-space dynamics is obtained for the centre of a Gaussian Wigner function,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-01 E M Graefe , B Longstaff , T Plastow , R Schubert

We consider quantum phase-space dynamics using Wigner's representation of quantum mechanics. We stress the usefulness of the integral form for the description of Wigner's phase-space current~$\bm J$ as an alternative to the popular Moyal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Dimitris Kakofengitis , Maxime Oliva , Ole Steuernagel

The Wigner phase-space distribution function provides the basis for Moyal's deformation quantization alternative to the more conventional Hilbert space and path integral quantizations. General features of time-independent Wigner functions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-02 Thomas Curtright , David Fairlie , Cosmas Zachos

We prove a general version of Egorov's theorem for evolution propagators in the Euclidean space, in the Weyl--H\"ormander framework of metrics on the phase space. Mild assumptions on the Hamiltonian allow for a wide range of applications…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-06 Antoine Prouff