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We consider the quantum dynamics of a charged particle in Euclidean space subjected to electric and magnetic fields under the presence of a potential that forces the particle to stay close to a compact surface. We prove that, as the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-10-30 Gustavo de Oliveira

Bohmian mechanics provides an explanation of quantum phenomena in terms of point particles guided by wave functions. This review focuses on the formalism of non-relativistic Bohmian mechanics, rather than its interpretation. Although the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 A. Benseny , G. Albareda , A. S. Sanz , J. Mompart , X. Oriols

Quantum mechanics is a special kind of description of motion. The concept of wave function itself implies the openness of quantum system. We show that quantum mechanics describes the quantum correlation, i.e., entanglement, and information…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 Dong-Sheng Wang

The motion of a quantum particle hopping on a simple cubic lattice under the influence of thermal noise and of a static random potential is expected to be diffusive, i.e., the particle is expected to exhibit `quantum Brownian motion', no…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-09-22 Jürg Fröhlich , Jeffrey Schenker

Exact and asymptotic formulas relating to dynamical correlations for overdamped Brownian motion are obtained. These formulas include a generalization of the $f$-sum rule from the theory of quantum fluids, a formula relating the static…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 P. J. Forrester , B. Jancovici

Brownian motion has served as a pilot of studies in diffusion and other transport phenomena for over a century. The foundation of Brownian motion, laid by Einstein, has generally been accepted to be far from being complete since the late…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-06-06 Hanqing Zhao , Hong Zhao

Einstein's Brownian motion of a quantum particle in a classical environment is studied via virial and equipartition theorems. The effect of continuous measurement in a strongly dissipative environment is accounted for and a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-11-13 R. Tsekov

Bohmian mechanics is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that describes the motion of quantum particles with an ensemble of deterministic trajectories. Several attempts have been made to utilize Bohmian trajectories as a computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-24 Tarek A. Elsayed , Klaus Mølmer , Lars Bojer Madsen

Combining experiments on active colloids, whose propulsion velocity can be controlled via a feedback loop, and theory of active Brownian motion, we explore the dynamics of an overdamped active particle with a motility that depends…

Brownian motion of colloidal particles in the quasi-two-dimensional (qTD) confinement displays distinct kinetic characters from that in bulk. Here we experimentally report a dynamic evolution of Brownian particles in the qTD system. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-08-15 Jun Ma , Guangyin Jing

We study the behavior of a subsystem (harmonic oscillator) in contact with a thermal reservoir (finite set of uncoupled harmonic oscillators). We exactly solve the eigenvalue problem and obtain the temporal evolution of the dynamical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fabian H. Gaioli , Edgardo T. Garcia Alvarez , Javier Guevara

From the analysis of the quantum and relativistic properties of the particles it results the unified quantum-relativistic dynamics of the physical reality (Universe).

General Physics · Physics 2015-03-05 Vladimir Skalsky

A Wigner-Klein-Kramers equation is proposed, which merges relativistic, quantum and thermo dynamics. The relativistic effect on quantum Brownian motion is studied via the Breit-Fermi Hamiltonian applied into a dissipative Madelung…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-12 Roumen Tsekov

This work deals with the overdamped motion of a particle in a fluctuating one-dimensional periodic potential. If the potential has no inversion symmetry and its fluctuations are asymmetric and correlated in time, a net flow can be generated…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-10-26 Enrique Abad , Andreas Mielke

The operational meaning of spacetime fluctuations is discussed. Classical spacetime geometry can be viewed as encoding the relations between the motions of test particles in the geometry. By analogy, quantum fluctuations of spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 L. H. Ford

A quantum model based on a Euler-Lagrange variational approach is proposed. In analogy with the classical transport, our approach maintain the description of the particle motion in terms of trajectories in a configuration space. Our method…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 O. Morandi

We investigate a mean-field approach to a quantum brownian particle interacting with a quantum thermal bath at temperature $T$, and subjected to a non-linear potential. An exact, partially classical description of quantum brownian motion is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. E. Allahverdyan , R. Balian , Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen

For the standard Quantum Brownian Motion (QBM) model, we point out the occurrence of simultaneous (parallel), mutually irreducible and autonomous decoherence processes. Besides the standard, one Brownian particle, we show there is at least…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-09-05 M. Dugic , J. Jeknic-Dugic

We develop a theory of Brownian motion of a massive particle, including the effects of inertia (Kramers' problem), in spaces with curvature and torsion. This is done by invoking the recently discovered generalized equivalence principle,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 H. Kleinert , S. V. Shabanov

Although a precise description of microscopic physical problems requires a full quantum mechanical treatment, physical quantities are generally discussed in terms of classical variables. One exception is quantum entanglement which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Ramsak