Jensen-Tsallis divergence and atomic dissimilarity for ionized systems in conjugated spaces

A generalization of the original Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD) is presented in this work, which gives rise to a non-extensive one-parameter divergence providing a powerful dissimilarity measure between electronic distributions. The analysis performed in this study employs the JTD measure to compare one-particle densities of neutral and ionized atomic systems, that generalizes and improves some previous results based on other measures of divergence. Such an improvement mainly arises from the capability of JTD to modify, by means of its order parameter, the relative contribution of specific relevant regions of the atomic densities under comparison, in both position and momentum spaces. Relevant information of the ionization processes attending to structural pattern and periodicity is found, as well as the strong correlation between extremal values of the neutral-cation JTD and those of the atomic ionization potential. Similar conclusions are obtained from processes involving an anion. The analysis includes a study of the dependence of JTD on its order for fixed atomic couples.     

Information Entropy Squeezing for a Atom in Mode-Mode Competition System

The entropy squeezing properties for a two-level atom interacting with a two-mode field via two different competing transitions are investigated from a quantum information point of view. The influences of the initial state of the system and the relative coupling strength between the atom and the field on the atomic information entropy squeezing are discussed. Our results show that the squeezed direction and the frequency of the information entropy squeezing can be controlled by choosing the phase of the atom dipole and the relative competing strength of atom-field, respectively. We find that, under the same condition, no atomic variance squeezing is predicted from the HUR while optimal entropy squeezing is obtained from the EUR, so the quantum information entropy is a remarkable precision measure for the atomic squeezing in the considered system.     

Entanglement in a system of two two-level atoms interacting with a single-mode field

We investigate the entanglement in a system of two coupling atoms interacting with a single-mode field by means of quantum information entropy theory. The quantum entanglement between the two atoms and the coherent field is discussed by using the quantum reduced entropy, and the entanglement between the two coupling atoms is also investigated by using the quantum relative entropy. In addition, the influences of the atomic dipole--dipole interaction intensity and the average photon number of the coherent field on the degree of the entanglement is examined. The results show that the evolution of the degree of entanglement between the two atoms and the field is just opposite to that of the degree of entanglement between the two atoms. And the properties of the quantum entanglement in the system rely on the atomic dipole--dipole interaction and the average photon number of the coherent field.     

Information Entropy Squeezing of a Two-Level Atom Interacting with Two-Mode Coherent Fields

From a quantum information point of view we investigate the entropy squeezing properties for a two-level atom interacting with the two-mode coherent fields via the two-photon transition. We discuss the influences of the initial state of the system on the atomic information entropy squeezing. Our results show that the squeezed component number,squeezed direction, and time of the information entropy squeezing can be controlled by choosing atomic distribution angle,the relative phase between the atom and the two-mode field, and the difference of the average photon number of the two field modes, respectively. Quantum information entropy is a remarkable precision measure for the atomic squeezing.     

Information Entropy Squeezing of a Two-Level Atom Interacting with Two-Mode Coherent Fields

From a quantum information point of view we investigate the entropy squeezing properties for a two-level atom interacting with the two-mode coherent fields via the two-photon transition. We discuss the influences of the initial state of the system on the atomic information entropy squeezing. Our results show that the squeezed component number, squeezed direction, and time of the information entropy squeezing can be controlled by choosing atomic distribution angle, the relative phase between the atom and the two-mode field, and the difference of the average photon number of the two field modes, respectively. Quantum information entropy is a remarkable precision measure for the atomic squeezing.     

Wavelet Jensen–Shannon divergence as a tool for studying the dynamics of frequency band components in EEG epileptic seizures

We develop a quantitative method of analysis of EEG records. The method is based on the wavelet analysis of the record and on the capability of the Jensen–Shannon divergence (JSD) to identify dynamical changes in a time series. The JSD is a measure of distance between probability distributions. Therefore for its evaluation it is necessary to define a (time dependent) probability distribution along the record. We define this probability distribution from the wavelet decomposition of the associated time series. The wavelet JSD provides information about dynamical changes in the scales and can be considered a complementary methodology reported earlier [O.A. Rosso, S. Blanco, A. Rabinowicz, Signal Processing 86 (2003) 1275; O.A. Rosso, S. Blanco, J. Yordanova, V. Kolev, A. Figliola, M. Schürmann, E. Ba?ar, J. Neurosci. Methods 105 (2001) 65; O.A. Rosso, M.T. Martin, A. Figliola, K. Keller, A. Plastino, J. Neurosci. Methods 153 (2006) 163]. In the present study we have demonstrated it by analyzing EEG signal of tonic–clonic epileptic seizures applying the JSD method. The display of the JSD curves enables easy comparison of frequency band component dynamics. This would, in turn, promise easy and successful comparison of the EEG records from various scalp locations of the brain.     

一个二次多项式混沌系统的均匀化及其熵分析

利用已有理论给出了一个二次多项式混沌系统,证明了该系统与Tent映射拓扑共轭,给出了该混沌系统的概率密度函数;并根据此概率密度函数,得到了轨道均匀分布的反三角函数映射;对均匀化前后的混沌系统在不同参数下产生序列的信息熵、Kolmogorov熵、离散熵的特性进行了分析,结果显示均匀化后产生的混沌序列混沌程度不改变且具有更好的均匀性.     

Entanglement evaluation with atomic Fisher information

In this paper, the concept of atomic Fisher information (AFI) is introduced. The marginal distributions of the AFI are defined. This quantity is used as a parameter of entanglement and compared with linear and atomic Wehrl entropies of the two-level atom. The evolution of the atomic Fisher information and atomic Wehrl entropy for only the pure state (or dissipation-free) of the Jaynes-Cummings model is analyzed. We demonstrate the connections between these measures.     

Rigorous properties and uncertainty-like relationships on product-complexity measures: Application to atomic systems

Most of research on complexities and the corresponding conclusions have been obtained by numerically quantifying their values, and little attention has been paid to their theoretical properties and the exact meaning within an statistical framework, valid for any arbitrary n-dimensional distribution. In the present work, different product-complexities, constructed as a product of two relevant information quantities associated to the concepts of uncertainty and localization are investigated. Different results on product-complexities, such as rigorous bounds, uncertainty-like inequalities, relationships among themselves and also statistical interpretations are given. For the sake of completeness, some of these analytical results on product-complexities are numerically checked for the one-particle densities of atomic systems in both conjugated spaces.     

Untangling Entanglement

In this paper recent work that attempts to link quantum entanglement to (i) thermodynamic energy, (ii) thermodynamic entropy and (iii) information is reviewed. With respect to the first two links the paper is essentially expository. The final link is elaborated on: it is argued that the value of the entanglement of a bipartite system in a pure state is equal to the value of the irreducible uncertainty (i.e. irreducibly missing information) about its subsystems and that this suggests that entanglement gives rise to irreducible uncertainty. (The exact meaning of the phrase “irreducible uncertainty”, as used here, is explained in the body of the paper. Roughly speaking, it is the uncertainty about the post-measurement state of a system that cannot be removed at the pre-measurement stage.) This analysis is used to make a further connection between entanglement and statistical mechanical entropy: it is argued that these properties are indirectly linked, in so far as both give rise to forms of uncertainty (albeit rather different forms of uncertainty about rather different things).     

Wootters’ distance revisited: a new distinguishability criterium

The notion of distinguishability between quantum states has shown to be fundamental in the frame of quantum information theory. In this paper we present a new distinguishability criterium by using a information theoretic quantity: the Jensen-Shannon divergence (JSD). This quantity has several interesting properties, both from a conceptual and a formal point of view. Previous to define this distinguishability criterium, we review some of the most frequently used distances defined over quantum mechanics Hilbert space. In this point our main claim is that the JSD can be taken as a unifying distance between quantum states.     

Spreading measures of information-extremizer distributions: applications to atomic electron densities in position and momentum spaces

The problem of finding the information-extremizer distribution with a set of given constraints (partial information) has a relevant role from both physical and chemical points of view, specially when working within a density functional theory framework. Beyond the variance, there exist different measures of information susceptible of being extremized, such as the Fisher information and the Shannon and Tsallis entropies. Each one possesses its own properties which make their use more or less convenient according to the systems and/or the process we are dealing with. In this work, we analyze the main information measures of the electron densities of neutral atoms throughout the periodic table, in the two conjugated position and momentum spaces. It is shown how these measures display shell-filling patterns, within a level which depends on the information measure and the space considered. Additionally, the values of all these measures for the solution of various atomic information extremization problems (MaxEnt, MaxTent, MinInf), using radial expectation values as constraints, are analytically obtained, numerically evaluated and also interpreted and discussed in terms of physical characteristics of the atomic systems, such as periodicity and shell structure.     

Entropy squeezing for a two-level atom in the Jaynes－Cummings model with an intensity-depend coupling

We study the squeezing for a two-level atom in the Jaynes－Cummings model with intensity-dependent coupling using quantum information entropy, and examine the influences of the initial state of the system on the squeezed component number and direction of the information entropy squeezing. Our results show that, the squeezed component number depends on the atomic initial distribution angle, while the squeezed direction is determined by both the phases of the atom and the field for the information entropy squeezing. Quantum information entropy is shown to be a remarkable precision measure for atomic squeezing.     

Quantum Entanglement in Two-Photon Tavis–Cummings Model with a Kerr Nonlinearity

The properties of quantum entanglement in the two-photon Tavis–Cummings model with a Kerr nonlinearity are studied in terms of quantum information entropy theory. The reduced quantum entropy is employed to investigate the quantum entanglement between two two-level atoms and a single-mode coherent field. The relative quantum entropy is employed to investigate the quantum entanglement between the two two-level atoms. The influences of the nonlinear interaction of the Kerr medium with the field and the atomic dipole-dipole interaction on the properties of quantum entanglement of the system are also examined. Some important results are obtained.     

团簇物理的新进展(Ⅱ)——关于原子团簇和原子核的相似点和不同点

本文重点讨论金属原子团簇和原子核两费米子体系之间相似之处,如饱和性、壳结构、集体振荡、Ｊａｈｎ－Ｔｅｌｅｒ效应,裂变和聚合反应等,以及由于两者凝聚力的本质差别所造成的不同点。     

与量子光场相互作用的运动原子的熵压缩

运用量子信息熵理论,研究了与量子光场相互作用的二能级运动原子的熵压缩,讨论了原子运动和场模结构对原子熵压缩的影响,并且比较了分别从基于信息熵测不准关系和海森伯测不准关系出发得出的结果,表明原子的运动导致了原子熵压缩的周期性演化;随着场模结构参量的增大,熵压缩的演化周期缩短,压缩时间延长;选择适当的系统参量,运动原子能够呈现长时间的持续熵压缩效应。当原子反转为零时,基于海伯堡测不准关系的方差压缩定义不再有效,而熵压缩实现了对原子压缩效应的高灵敏量度。     

非平衡统计信息理论

阐述了以表述信息演化规律的信息（熵）演化方程为核心的非平 衡统计信息理论.推导出了 Shannon信息（熵）的非线性演化方程，引入了统计物理信息并 推导出了它的非线性演化方程.这两种信息（熵）演化方程一致表明：统计信息（熵）密度 随时间的变化率是由其在坐标空间（和态变量空间）的漂移、扩散和减损（产生）三者引起 的.由此方程出发，给出了统计信息减损率和统计熵产生率的简明公式、漂移信息流和扩散 信息流的表达式，证明了非平衡系统内的统计信息减损（或增加）率等于它的统计熵产生（ 或减少）率、信息扩散与信息减损同时 关键词： 统计信息（熵）演化方程 统计信息减损率 统计熵产 生率 信息（熵）流 信息（熵）扩散 动态互信息     

双光子过程中任意初态原子的信息熵压缩

运用量子信息熵理论研究了双光子过程中任意初态二能级原子与相干场相互作用的信息熵压缩，讨论了系统初态对原子信息熵压缩的影响. 并且比较了分别从基于信息熵不确定关系和海森伯不确定关系出发得出的结果. 结果表明通过选择适当初始的原子分布角，原子的混合度和相干场的位相角，可以分别控制原子信息熵压缩的偶极矩分量数、压缩频率、压缩幅度和压缩方向. 当原子反转为零时，基于海森堡不确定关系的方差压缩定义不再有效，而信息熵压缩实现了对原子压缩效应的高灵敏量度. 关键词： 二能级原子 双光子过程 信息熵压缩 方差压缩     

熵在非晶材料合成中的作用

熵作为系统的状态函数,对于真实物质体系而言是一个极为重要的物理量.在非晶态合金的制备过程中最具代表性的指导原则有"混乱原理"和井上三原则,二者皆与熵有着紧密的联系.在过去很长一段时间内,这些经验准则指导了大量新型非晶体系的发现,但近些年的实验结果对这些理论提出了质疑.除组元数目之外,还有其他尚待研究的因素也影响着合金体系的玻璃形成能力.本文总结了玻璃转变过程中熵在热力学条件、动力学条件和结构条件中所扮演的角色,阐述了其对玻璃形成能力产生的或正或反的影响.特别是对近几年发展起来的高熵非晶体系的研究有助于开发出临界尺寸更大的非晶合金,也有助于进一步探索多组元合金和非晶形成能力之间的关系.     

Quantum Darwinism in a Composite System: Objectivity versus Classicality

We investigate the implications of quantum Darwinism in a composite quantum system with interacting constituents exhibiting a decoherence-free subspace. We consider a two-qubit system coupled to an N-qubit environment via a dephasing interaction. For excitation preserving interactions between the system qubits, an analytical expression for the dynamics is obtained. It demonstrates that part of the system Hilbert space redundantly proliferates its information to the environment, while the remaining subspace is decoupled and preserves clear non-classical signatures. For measurements performed on the system, we establish that a non-zero quantum discord is shared between the composite system and the environment, thus violating the conditions of strong Darwinism. However, due to the asymmetry of quantum discord, the information shared with the environment is completely classical for measurements performed on the environment. Our results imply a dichotomy between objectivity and classicality that emerges when considering composite systems.