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We analyze the problem of one dimensional quantum particle falling in a constant gravitational field, also known as the {\it bouncing ball}, employing a semiclassical approach known as momentous effective quantum mechanics. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-16 Guillermo Chacon-Acosta , Hector Hernandez-Hernandez , Mercedes Velazquez

We address the scattering of a quantum particle by a one-dimensional barrier potential over a set of discrete positions. We formalize the problem as a continuous-time quantum walk on a lattice with an impurity, and use the quantum Fisher…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-30 Francesco Zatelli , Claudia Benedetti , Matteo G. A. Paris

The dynamics of nonlinear flip-flop quantum walk with amplitude-dependent phase shifts with pertubing potential barrier is investigated. Through the adjustment between uniform local perturbations and a Kerrlike nonlinearity of the medium we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 F. S. Passos , A. R. C. Buarque

Precision metrology underpins scientific and technological advancements. Quantum metrology offers a pathway to surpass classical sensing limits by leveraging quantum states and measurement strategies. However, measuring multiple…

This paper is devoted to the study of quantum dissipation in cluster decay phenomena in the frame of the Lindblad approach to quantum open systems. The tunneling of a metastable state across a piecewise quadratic potential is envisaged for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 S. Misicu

This work studies the semiclassical methods in multi-dimensional quantum systems bounded by finite potentials. By replacing the Maslov index by the scattering phase, the modified transfer operator method gives rather accurate corrections to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wen-Min Huang , Cheng-Hung Chang , Chung-Yu Mou

Orthogonality of eigenstates of different energies and its implications in potential scattering are unlabeled. Scalar products of scattering states of different energies are found to have finite non-orthogonal terms in potentials of finite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Kenzo Ishikawa

The quasiprobability representation of quantum states addresses two main concerns, the identification of nonclassical features and the decomposition of the density operator. While the former aspect is a main focus of current research, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-26 J. Sperling , I. A. Walmsley

We suggest a technique that explicitly accounts for the structure of an initial state of quantum field in the semiclassical calculations of path integral in curved space-time, and consider decay of metastable state (conformal vacuum of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 V. A. Rubakov , S. M. Sibiryakov

We present a quantum field theoretical derivation of the nondecay probability of an unstable particle with nonzero three-momentum $\mathbf{p}$. To this end, we use the (fully resummed) propagator of the unstable particle, denoted as $S,$ to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-10 Francesco Giacosa

Metastability of a particle trapped in a well with a time-periodically oscillating barrier is studied in the Floquet formalism. It is shown that the oscillating barrier causes the system to decay faster in general. However, avoided…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Choon-Lin Ho , Chung-Chieh Lee

A system reservoir model, where the associated reservoir is modulated by an external colored random force, is proposed to study the transport of an overdamped Brownian particle in a periodic potential. We then derive the analytical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-01-01 Jyotipratim Ray Chaudhuri , Suman Kumar Banik , Sudip Chattopadhyay , Pinaki Chaudhury

We show that the method developed by Gangopadhyaya, Mallow, and their coworkers to deal with (translationally) shape invariant potentials in supersymmetric quantum mechanics and consisting in replacing the shape invariance condition, which…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 C. Quesne

A self-contained discussion of nonrelativistic quantum scattering is presented in the case of central potentials in one space dimension, which will facilitate the understanding of the more complex scattering theory in two and three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Vania E. Barlette , Marcelo M. Leite , Sadhan K. Adhikari

We analyze the canonical quantum dynamics of the isotropic Universe in a metric approach by adopting a self-interacting scalar field as relational time. When the potential term is absent we are able to associate the the expanding and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-15 Eleonora Giovannetti , Fabio Maione , Giovanni Montani

When a Brownian particle, initially being in the potential well, overcomes the barrier and moves to the absorptive border, it still has a chance to be scattered back to the well by thermal fluctuations. We study this phenomenon carefully…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-21 Maria Chushnyakova , Igor Gontchar

We consider a one-dimensional system of interacting particles, in which particles are subjected to a bistable potential the double-well shape of which is tunable via a shape deformability parameter. Our objective is to examine the impact of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-03 F. Naha Nzoupe , Alain M. Dikandé , S. E. Mkam Tchouobiap

For two-dimensional many-particle systems first-order, second-order, single step continuous, as well as two-step continuous (KTHNY-like) melting transitions have been found in previous studies. Recent computer simulations, using particle…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-06-23 Aranka Derzsi , Kovács Anikó Zsuzsa , Zoltán Donkó , Peter Hartmann

The resulting stationary states and scattering properties of an effective potential brought about by embedding a quantum well in another well are investigated in this work. The composite well system is constructed via a superposition of…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-08-08 Naomi Jane Jacosalem , Cristine Villagonzalo

Quantum physics, despite its observables being intrinsically of a probabilistic nature, does not have a quantum entropy assigned to them. We propose a quantum entropy that quantify the randomness of a pure quantum state via a conjugate pair…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Davi Geiger , Zvi M. Kedem
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