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It is well known that quantum computers are superior to classical computers in efficiently simulating quantum systems. Here we report the first experimental simulation of quantum tunneling through potential barriers, a widespread phenomenon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-03 Guan Ru Feng , Yao Lu , Liang Hao , Fei Hao Zhang , Gui Lu Long

We consider a minisuperspace model for a closed universe with small and positive cosmological constant, filled with a massive scalar field conformally coupled to gravity. In the quantum version of this model, the universe may undergo a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Levkov , C. Rebbi , V. A. Rubakov

Inspired by a recent paper$^*$ by C. Fefferman, J. Shapiro and M. Weinstein, we investigate quantum tunneling for a Hamiltonian with a symmetric double well and a uniform magnetic field. In the simultaneous limit of strong magnetic field…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-09-06 B. Helffer , A. Kachmar

This article is a summary of four introductory lectures on ``Neutrino Experiments,'' given at the 2006 TASI summer school. The purposes were to sketch out the present questions in neutrino physics and to discuss the experimental challenges…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-08-21 J. M. Conrad

The resonant tunneling phenomenon is well understood in quantum mechanics. We argue why a similar phenomenon must be present in quantum field theory. We then use the functional Schr\"odinger method to show how resonant tunneling through…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-08 S. -H. Henry Tye , Daniel Wohns

This is a brief summary of a talk delivered at the Special Session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 25 May 2011. The meeting was devoted to the 90-th anniversary of A. D. Sakharov. The focus of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-05-18 L. P. Grishchuk

This paper records my opening remarks at Nobel Symposium 148, on Graphene and Quantum Matter, at Saltsj\"obaden, Sweden, in June 2010. After some broad comments on the quantum theory of matter as a frontier of physics, and some slightly…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Frank Wilczek

Lipkin model of arbitrary particle-number N is studied in terms of exact differential-operator representation of spin-operators from which we obtain the low-lying energy spectrum with the instanton method of quantum tunneling. Our new…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gang Chen , J. -Q. Liang

We propose an approach which allows to construct and use a potential function written in terms of an angle variable to describe interacting spin systems. We show how this can be implemented in the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick, here considered a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Galetti , C. L. Lima , B. M. Pimentel

This work presents an extensive exploration of scattering and tunneling involving composite objects with intrinsic degrees of freedom. We aim at exact solutions to such scattering problems. Along this path we demonstrate solution to model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-01-28 Naureen Ahsan , Alexander Volya

We introduce the concept of partial and full tunneling processes to explain the seemingly contradictory non-zero and vanishing tunneling times often reported in the literature. Our analysis starts by considering the traversal time of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Philip Caesar M. Flores , Dean Alvin L. Pablico , Eric A. Galapon

These are author's recollections of informal discussions on foundations of quantum mechanics, which happened in his presence in 1970-80s

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2020-01-21 P. B. Lerner

Tunneling is one of the most bizarre phenomena in quantum mechanics. An attempt to understand it led to the next natural question of how long does a particle need to tunnel a barrier. The latter gave rise to several definitions such as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 N. G. Kelkar

Following our work [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 020401 (2020)], we discuss a semiclassical description of one-dimensional quantum tunneling through multibarrier potentials in terms of complex time. We start by defining a complex-extended…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Pavel Stránský , Milan Šindelka , Pavel Cejnar

We review the present state of theory and experiments on the quantum tunneling of magnetization in mesoscopic spin systems. Most attention is paid to the relaxation of magnetization in the molecular complexes Mn12 and Fe8. The role of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Igor Tupitsyn , Bernard Barbara

Theoretical foundations of the problem of quantum spin tunneling in magnetic nanostructures are presented. Several model problems are considered in detail, including recent new results on tunneling in antiferromagnetic nanoparticles and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Boris A. Ivanov , Alexei K. Kolezhuk

After publishing my book "Quantum Computing Architecture and Hardware for Engineers: Step by Step" [1] (now I call it Volume I), in which spin qubit and superconducting qubit quantum computers were covered, I decided to continue to write…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Hiu Yung Wong

This is a brief review of few relevant topics on tunneling of composite particles and how the coupling to intrinsic and external degrees of freedom affects tunneling probabilities. I discuss the phenomena of resonant tunneling, different…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 C. A. Bertulani

Tunneling ionization in static or slowly varying electric fields is a cornerstone of strong-field physics and provides the entry point for semiclassical descriptions of above-threshold ionization and high-harmonic generation. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Marcelo F. Ciappina

This tutorial intends to introduce readers with a background in AI to quantum machine learning (QML) -- a rapidly evolving field that seeks to leverage the power of quantum computers to reshape the landscape of machine learning. For…