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Scaling arguments imply that quantum critical points exhibit universal non-linear responses to external probes. We investigate the origins of such non-linearities in transport, which is especially problematic since the system is necessarily…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Green , S. L. Sondhi

The decoherence of quantum states defines the transition between the quantum world and classical physics. Decoherence or, analogously, quantum mechanical collapse events pose fundamental questions regarding the interpretation of quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-24 P. Bredol , H. Boschker , D. Braak , J. Mannhart

We study dynamical optimal transport metrics between density matrices associated to symmetric Dirichlet forms on finite-dimensional $C^*$-algebras. Our setting covers arbitrary skew-derivations and it provides a unified framework that…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2020-10-30 Eric A. Carlen , Jan Maas

We study quantum decoherence numerically in a system consisting of a relativistic quantum field theory coupled to a measuring device that is itself coupled to an environment. The measuring device and environment are treated as quantum,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Chris Nagele , Oliver Janssen , Matthew Kleban

This talk is assumed to exhibit an overview of the quantum theory for mesoscopic electric circuits and some of its further developments. In the theory the importance of the discreteness of electronic charge in mesoscopic electric circuit is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 You-Quan Li , Bin Chen

Although quantum mechanics is a mature theory, fundamental problems discussed during its time of foundation have remained with us to this day. These problems are centered on the problematic relation between the quantum and classical worlds.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. B. Lesovik , A. V. Lebedev , G. Blatter

An analysis of quantum measurement is presented that relies on an information-theoretic description of quantum entanglement. In a consistent quantum information theory of entanglement, entropies (uncertainties) conditional on measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 N. J. Cerf , C. Adami

We formalize the derivation of a generalized coarse-graining $n$-resolved master equation by introducing a virtual detector counting the number of transferred charges in single-electron transport. Our approach enables the convenient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-11 Gernot Schaller , Gerold Kiesslich , Tobias Brandes

We have developed a formalism suitable for calculation of the output spectrum of a detector continuously measuring quantum coherent oscillations in a solid-state qubit, starting from microscopic Bloch equations. The results coincide with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Rusko Ruskov , Alexander N. Korotkov

We develop a theory of coherent quantum oscillations in two, in general interacting, qubits measured continuously by a mesoscopic detector with arbitrary non-linearity and discuss an example of SQUID magnetometer that can operate as such a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wenjin Mao , Dmitri V. Averin , Francesco Plastina , Rosario Fazio

A model of quantum measurement is proposed, which aims to describe statistical mechanical aspects of this phenomenon, starting from a purely Hamiltonian formulation. The macroscopic measurement apparatus is modeled as an ideal Bose gas, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Armen E. Allahverdyan , Roger Balian , Theo M. Nieuwenhuizen

Within the so-called scaled quantum theory, the standard bouncing ball problem is analyzed under the presence of a gravitational field and harmonic potential. In this framework, the quantum-classical transition of the density matrix is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-25 S. V. Mousavi , S. Miret-Artés

In a recent paper, [Gampel, F. and Gajda, M., Phys. Rev. A 107, 012420, (2023)], the authors claimed they are proposing a new model to explain the existence of classical trajectories in the quantum domain. The idea is based on simultaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Adélcio C. Oliveira

We show that long standing debates on the collapse and the role of the observer in quantum mechanics can be resolved experimentally via a nondistructive continuous monitoring of a single quantum system. An example of such a system, coupled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. A. Gurvitz

Coupled quantum dots are an example of the ubiquitous quantum double potential well. In a typical transport experiment, each quantum dot is also coupled to a continuum of states. Our approach takes this into account by using a Green's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. M. Cardamone , C. A. Stafford , B. R. Barrett

Coherent dynamics of a superconducting phase qubit is considered in the presence of both unitary evolution due to microwave driving and continuous non-unitary collapse due to negative-result measurement. In the case of a relatively weak…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-08 Rusko Ruskov , Ari Mizel , Alexander N. Korotkov

The late-time dynamics of quantum many-body systems is organized in distinct dynamical universality classes, characterized by their conservation laws and thus by their emergent hydrodynamic transport. Here, we study transport in the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-08-30 Philip Zechmann , Alvise Bastianello , Michael Knap

Bloch-Boltzmann transport theory fails to describe the carrier diffusion in current crystalline organic semiconductors, where the presence of large-amplitude thermal molecular motions causes substantial dynamical disorder. The charge…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-08 S. Fratini , S. Ciuchi

Consider a discrete-time quantum walk on the $N$-cycle subject to decoherence both on the coin and the position degrees of freedom. By examining the evolution of the density matrix of the system, we derive some new conclusions about the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-20 Chaobin Liu , Nelson Petulante

The length of time that a quantum system can exist in a superposition state is determined by how strongly it interacts with its environment. This interaction entangles the quantum state with the inherent fluctuations of the environment. If…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-15 K. W. Murch , S. J. Weber , C. Macklin , I. Siddiqi
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