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We present here a set of lecture notes on quantum thermodynamics and canonical typicality. Entanglement can be constructively used in the foundations of statistical mechanics. An alternative version of the postulate of equal a priori…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-04 Paolo Facchi , Giancarlo Garnero

A system of quantum computing structures is introduced and proven capable of making emerge, on average, the orbits of classical bounded nonlinear maps on \mathbb{C} through the iterative action of path-dependent quantum gates. The effects…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2012-08-14 Carlos Pedro Gonçalves

A new microcanonical equilibrium state is introduced for quantum systems with finite-dimensional state spaces. Equilibrium is characterised by a uniform distribution on a level surface of the expectation value of the Hamiltonian. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-25 Dorje C. Brody , Daniel W. Hook , Lane P. Hughston

We derive the classical equations of hydrodynamic type (Euler equation and the continuity equation) from which the Schrodinger equation follows as a limit case. It is shown that the statistical ensemble corresponding to quantum system and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-21 Sergey Rashkovskiy

When numerically simulating the unitary time evolution of an infinite-dimensional quantum system, one is usually led to treat the Hamiltonian $H$ as an "infinite-dimensional matrix" by expressing it in some orthonormal basis of the Hilbert…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-28 Felix Fischer , Daniel Burgarth , Davide Lonigro

The application of geometry to physics has provided us with new insightful information about many physical theories such as classical mechanics, general relativity, and quantum geometry (quantum gravity). The geometry also plays an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Hoshang Heydari

By the method of intense terahertz laser spectroscopy, we provide strong evidence that if an integer quantum Hall (IQH) system has asymmetric confining potential and the external quantizing magnetic field has a nonzero in-plane component,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-22 Sergey A. Emelyanov

The recent remarkable developments in quantum optics, mesoscopic and cold atom physics have given reality to wave functions. It is then interesting to explore the consequences of assuming ensembles over the wave functions simply related to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-13 Giovanni Jona-Lasinio , Carlo Presilla

A recent development of the studies on classical and quasi-classical properties of supersymmetric quantum mechanics in Witten's version is reviewed. First, classical mechanics of a supersymmetric system is considered. Solutions of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Georg Junker , Stephan Matthiesen , Akira Inomata

A class of $k$-Essence cosmological models, with a power law kinetic term, is quantised in the mini-superspace. It is shown that for a specific configuration, corresponding to a pressureless fluid, a Schr\"odinger-type equation is obtained…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-28 C. R. Almeida , J. C. Fabris , F. Sbisá , Y. Tavakoli

The Hamilton-Jacobi method of constrained systems is discussed. The equations of motion of a singular system with time dependent constraints are obtained as total differential equations in many variables. The integrability conditions for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sami I. Muslih

We discuss the K\"ahler quantization of moduli spaces of vortices in line bundles over compact surfaces $\Sigma$. This furnishes a semiclassical framework for the study of quantum vortex dynamics in the Schr\"odinger-Chern-Simons model. We…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-05-13 Dennis Eriksson , Nuno M. Romão

The electromagnetic field is canonically quantized in the presence of a linear, dispersive and dissipative medium that is in uniform motion. Specifically we calculate the change in the normal modes of the coupled matter-field system and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-21 S. A. R. Horsley

It is shown that the canonical flux quantization, which is described by the uncertainty relation on the phase space of the flux system, can result in the quantization of Hall-measures. Further it is shown that the polarization of this phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 F. Ghaboussi

The dissipative quantum electromagnetics is introduced in a comprehensive manner as a field-matter-bath coupling problem. First, the matter is described by a cluster of Lorentz oscillators. Then the Maxwellian free field is coupled to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-21 Wei E. I. Sha , Aiyin Y. Liu , Weng Cho Chew

We present a wave function representation for the canonical ensemble thermal density matrix by projecting the thermofield double state against the desired number of particles. The resulting canonical thermal state obeys an imaginary…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Gaurav Harsha , Thomas M. Henderson , Gustavo E. Scuseria

Integrable quantum mechanical systems with magnetic fields are constructed in two-dimensional Euclidean space. The integral of motion is assumed to be a first or second order Hermitian operator. Contrary to the case of purely scalar…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Josee Berube , Pavel Winternitz

The dynamics of the expanding universe is analyzed in terms of the quantum geometrodynamical model. It is shown that the equations of quantum theory in the form of the eigenvalues equation similar to the stationary Schr\"{o}dinger equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-22 V. E. Kuzmichev , V. V. Kuzmichev

A fluctuation theorem for the nonequilibrium entropy production in quantum phase space is derived, which enables the consistent thermodynamic description of arbitrary quantum systems, open and closed. The new treatment naturally generalizes…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-08-13 Sebastian Deffner

Canonical transformation plays a fundamental role in simplifying and solving classical Hamiltonian systems. We construct flexible and powerful canonical transformations as generative models using symplectic neural networks. The model…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-29 Shuo-Hui Li , Chen-Xiao Dong , Linfeng Zhang , Lei Wang