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We derive and analyze the perturbation series for the classical effective action in quantum statistical mechanics, treated as a toy model for the dimensionally reduced effective action in quantum field theory at finite temperature. The…

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In the paper we calculate the frequency shift induced on a photon by the interaction with a low density electronic plasma. The technique is the standard perturbation theory of quantum electrodynamics, taking into account the many body…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Laio , G. Rizzi , A. Tartaglia

The quantum-mechanical state vector is not directly observable even though it is the fundamental variable that appears in Schrodinger's equation. In conventional time-dependent perturbation theory, the state vector must be calculated before…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. D. Franson , Michelle M. Donegan

In quantum information theory, von Neumann entropy plays an important role. The entropies can be obtained analytically only for a few states. In continuous variable system, even evaluating entropy numerically is not an easy task since the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Xiao-yu Chen

In this paper, we investigate the use of variational quantum algorithms for simulating the thermodynamic properties of dinuclear metal complexes. Our study highlights the potential of quantum computing to transform advanced simulations and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Ana Clara das Neves Silva , Clebson Cruz

We develop a theoretical approach to compute the conditioned spectral density of $N \times N$ non-invariant random matrices in the limit $N \rightarrow \infty$. This large deviation observable, defined as the eigenvalue distribution…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-08-15 Isaac Pérez Castillo , Fernando L. Metz

We report lowest-order series expansions for primary matrix functions of quantum states based on a perturbation theory for functions of linear operators. Our theory enables efficient computation of functions of perturbed quantum states that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-24 Michael R Grace , Saikat Guha

The thermodynamics with medium effects expressed by the dispersion relation of the temperature and density dependent particle mass is studied. Many previous treatments have been reviewed. A new thermodynamical treatment based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Shaoyu Yin , Ru-Keng Su

The variational perturbation theory for wave functions, which has been shown to work well for bound states of the anharmonic oscillator, is applied to resonance states of the anharmonic oscillator with negative coupling constant. We obtain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 T. Tanaka

Thermodynamic formulas for investigating systems with density and/or temperature dependent particle masses are generally derived from the fundamental derivation equality of thermodynamics. Various problems in the previous treatments are…

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In this work we develop a new classical perturbation theory for water which incorporates the transition to tetrahedral symmetry in both the dispersion and hydrogen bonding contributions to the free energy. This transition is calculated…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-03-25 Bennett D. Marshall

In the development of equations of state for polyatomic molecules, thermodynamic perturbation theory (TPT) is widely used to calculate the change in free energy due to chain formation. TPT is a simplification of a more general and exact…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-07-13 Bennett D. Marshall

This work is a follow-up to our previous work "A numerical approach related to defect-type theories for some weakly random problems in homogenization" (preprint available on this archive). It extends and complements, both theoretically and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-05-24 Arnaud Anantharaman , Claude Le Bris

We use thermodynamic perturbation theory to calculate the free energies and resulting phase diagrams of binary systems of spherical colloidal particles and interacting polymer coils in good solvent within an effective one-component…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Rotenberg , J. Dzubiella , J. -P. Hansen , A. A. Louis

We introduce two methods for estimating the density matrix for a quantum system: Quantum Maximum Likelihood and Quantum Variational Inference. In these methods, we construct a variational family to model the density matrix of a mixed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-15 Kyle Cranmer , Siavash Golkar , Duccio Pappadopulo

We develop a variational theory of hot nuclear matter in neutron stars and supernovae. It can also be used to study charged, hot nuclear matter which may be produced in heavy-ion collisions. This theory is a generalization of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Abhishek Mukherjee , V. R. Pandharipande

The interplay between quantum and thermal fluctuations in the presence of quenched random disorder is a long-standing open theoretical problem which has been made more urgent by advances in modern experimental techniques. The fragility of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-28 Matthew C. O'Brien , Eduardo Fradkin

As is well known, the existed perturbation theory can be applied to calculations of energy, state and transition probability in many quantum systems. However, there are different paths and methods to improve its calculation precision and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian Tang , An Min Wang

The possibility to simulate the properties of many-body open quantum systems with a large number of degrees of freedom is the premise to the solution of several outstanding problems in quantum science and quantum information. The challenge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Alexandra Nagy , Vincenzo Savona

Physical systems that dissipate, mix and develop turbulence also irreversibly transport statistical density. In statistical physics, laws for these processes have a mathematical form and tractability that depends on whether the description…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-11-16 Swetamber Das , Jason R. Green