Study of a quantum scattering process by means of entropic measures

In this Letter, a scattering process of quantum particles through a potential barrier is considered. The statistical complexity and the Fisher–Shannon information are calculated for this problem. The behaviour of these entropy-information measures as a function of the energy of the incident particles is compared with the behaviour of a physical magnitude, the reflection coefficient in the barrier. We find that these statistical magnitudes present their minimum values in the same situations in which the reflection coefficient is null. These are the situations where the total transmission through the barrier is achieved, the transparency points, a typical phenomenon due to the quantum nature of the system.     

Exact statements about many-particle systems with higher symmetries

A new method of calculating the energy spectrum of a system of A identical Fermi particles with translationally invariant interaction is developed under the assumption that there exists a high symmetry in the 3A-dimensional space of particle coordinates. For a special class of symmetries the many-body problem is split exactly into two sets of equations: one containing only totally symmetric combinations of the particle coordinates which are called “collective variables” and the other equation taking essentially into account the requirements of the Pauli principle and connected symmetry properties. In several cases it is possible to obtain the excitation spectra exactly showing qualitatively new features. They depend on “many-particle quantum numbers” varying independently of each other in an interval which sometimes depends on A. For special high symmetries the collective variables obey equations which are very similar to one-particle equations providing a new explanation of the “Independent-Particle Model” for arbitrary strength and form of the interaction potential. A manifold of unknown up to now excitation spectra of many-particle systems is obtained and discussed.     

Simulation of coupon bond European and barrier options in quantum finance

Coupon bond European and barrier options are studied in the framework of quantum finance. The prices of European and barrier options are analyzed by generating sample values of the forward interest rates f(t,x) using a two-dimensional Gaussian quantum field A(t,x). The strong correlations of forward interest rates are described by the stiff propagator of the quantum field A(t,x). Using the Cholesky decomposition, A(t,x) is expressed in terms of white noise. The simulation results for European coupon bond and barrier options are compared with approximate formulas, which are obtained as power series in the volatility of the forward interest rates. The simulation shows that the simulated price deviates from the approximate value for large volatilities. The numerical algorithm is flexible and can be used for pricing any kind of option. It is shown that the three-factor HJM model can be derived from the quantum finance formulation.     

Stationary phase method and delay times for relativistic and non-relativistic tunneling particles

The stationary phase method is frequently adopted for calculating tunneling phase times of analytically-continuous Gaussian or infinite-bandwidth step pulses which collide with a potential barrier. This report deals with the basic concepts on deducing transit times for quantum scattering: the stationary phase method and its relation with delay times for relativistic and non-relativistic tunneling particles. After reexamining the above-barrier diffusion problem, we notice that the applicability of this method is constrained by several subtleties in deriving the phase time that describes the localization of scattered wave packets. Using a recently developed procedure - multiple wave packet decomposition - for some specifical colliding configurations, we demonstrate that the analytical difficulties arising when the stationary phase method is applied for obtaining phase (traversal) times are all overcome. In this case, we also investigate the general relation between phase times and dwell times for quantum tunneling/scattering. Considering a symmetrical collision of two identical wave packets with an one-dimensional barrier, we demonstrate that these two distinct transit time definitions are explicitly connected. The traversal times are obtained for a symmetrized (two identical bosons) and an antisymmetrized (two identical fermions) quantum colliding configuration. Multiple wave packet decomposition shows us that the phase time (group delay) describes the exact position of the scattered particles and, in addition to the exact relation with the dwell time, leads to correct conceptual understanding of both transit time definitions. At last, we extend the non-relativistic formalism to the solutions for the tunneling zone of a one-dimensional electrostatic potential in the relativistic (Dirac to Klein-Gordon) wave equation where the incoming wave packet exhibits the possibility of being almost totally transmitted through the potential barrier. The conditions for the occurrence of accelerated and, eventually, superluminal tunneling transmission probabilities are all quantified and the problematic superluminal interpretation based on the non-relativistic tunneling dynamics is revisited. Lessons concerning the dynamics of relativistic tunneling and the mathematical structure of its solutions suggest revealing insights into mathematically analogous condensed-matter experiments using electrostatic barriers in single- and bi-layer graphene, for which the accelerated tunneling effect deserves a more careful investigation.     

Quantum Transparency of Barriers and Reflection from Wells for Clusters of Identical Particles

A method for solving the problem of quantum transmission through potential barriers or potential wells for a compound system consisting of several identical particles coupled via pair oscillator-type potentials in the oscillator representation of the symmetrized coordinates is considered. The efficiency of the proposed approach, algorithms and programs is demonstrated by the examples of calculation of complex energy values and analysis of metastable states of compound systems of two, three, and four identical particles on a straight line, which lead to the effect of quantum transparency of the potential barriers or quantum reflection from the wells.     

Phase,zeros and poles of the transmission in quantum waveguides with an attached resonator and waveguide superlattices

This work reports on a study of electron transport in two-dimensionally-defined waveguide superlattices modeled by a lateral quantum waveguide with different numbers of attached quantum stubs. It is found that for the system with a single stub, the transmission amplitude exhibits pairs of zeros and poles in the complex-energy plane and the phase of the transmission coefficient drops sharply by π when the transmission passes a zero. This co-occurrence phenomenon of the transmission zero and the phase discontinuity is identical to the feature observed in a recent double-slit-like experiment by Schusteret al.[Nature385, 417 (1997)]. When two or more quantum stubs are attached to the quantum waveguide, each transmission zero seen in the single-stub structure develops into a group of zeros and the phase of the transmission coefficient shows, in correspondence to the group of zeros, a multiple-drop structure. However, not all poles of the waveguide superlattices are found to be paired with zeros and poles that are not paired with zeros are found to be located, in the complex energy plane, at the two sides of a multiple-zero region.     

Quantum conductance through a uniform scatterer in a narrow-wire semiconductor

The quantum conductance for electrons scattering from a uniform scatterer in a narrow-wire semiconductor is calculated. Instead of getting the conductance directly from the calculation of transmission coefficient, we calculate the reflection coefficient instead. The transmission coefficient is then calculated by using the conservation law, T=I−R. This alternative method can avoid the instability of the conductance obtained by including more evanescent modes for a finite-range scatterer in a narrow-wire semiconductor. This method is applied to a semi-infinite strip potential barrier and a rectangular potential barrier in a narrow wire. The quantum stepwise conductance is obtained in both cases. For a repulsive rectangular potential barrier, there are oscillations in each stepwise conductance. For an attractive rectangular potential barrier, there exist multiple quasi-bound states below the sub-band energies which can cause the drop of the quantum conductance. The effect of the continuum quasi-bound states diminishes as the energy of the incident electron increases, but the influence of the discrete quasi-bound states still persists.     

Gravitational non-commutativity and Gödel-like spacetimes

We derive general conditions under which geodesics of stationary spacetimes resemble trajectories of charged particles in an electromagnetic field. For large curvatures (analogous to strong magnetic fields), the quantum mechanicical states of these particles are confined to gravitational analogs of lowest Landau levels. Furthermore, there is an effective non-commutativity between their spatial coordinates. We point out that the Som–Raychaudhuri and Gödel spacetime and its generalisations are precisely of the above type and compute the effective non-commutativities that they induce. We show that the non-commutativity for Gödel spacetime is identical to that on the fuzzy sphere. Finally, we show how the star product naturally emerges in Som–Raychaudhuri spacetimes.     

Heavy ion collisions in three dimensions by the relaxation-time method

A quantum transport equation with two-body collisions included via a relaxation-time method, earlier applied to two-dimensional (slab) collisions, is now extended to three-dimensional calculations A density matrix is constructed from self-consistent field wave functions and is time-evolved in cartesian coordinates. This dynamical model of the nucleus is applicable at all nonrelativistic energies. The semiclassical limit is discussed. Results are shown for ¹⁶O-¹⁶O collisions between 40 and 200 MeV/A lab energies. Hot spots and conditions for fragmentation are discussed. The threshold for breakup of the compound system formed in a head-on collision lies between 40 and 60 MeV/A lab energies. At these energies, the maximum density-averaged thermal excitation energy is 7 and 10 MeV/A (average temperatures 8 and 11 MeV), respectively, compared with a binding energy of 8 MeV/A. The system does not thermalize completely, and the distribution in momentum space is not quite isotropic when breaking up.     

On Close Relationship Between Classical Time-Dependent Harmonic Oscillator and Non-relativistic Quantum Mechanics in One Dimension

In this paper, I present a mapping between representation of some quantum phenomena in one dimension and behavior of a classical time-dependent harmonic oscillator. For the first time, it is demonstrated that quantum tunneling can be described in terms of classical physics without invoking violations of the energy conservation law at any time instance. A formula is presented that generates a wide class of potential barrier shapes with the desirable reflection (transmission) coefficient and transmission phase shift along with the corresponding exact solutions of the time-independent Schrödinger’s equation. These results, with support from numerical simulations, strongly suggest that two uncoupled classical harmonic oscillators, which initially have a 90° relative phase shift and then are simultaneously disturbed by the same parametric perturbation of a finite duration, manifest behavior which can be mapped to that of a single quantum particle, with classical ‘range relations’ analogous to the uncertainty relations of quantum physics.     

Klein paradox in a kerr geometry

The crossing of the classical positive and negative energy states E⁺ and E^? introduced by Christodoulou-Ruffini and interpreted within the framework of a relativistic quantum field theory by Deruelle and Ruffini, leads to a Klein paradox. It has been shown by Euler and Heisenberg that when the transmission coefficient T² through the barrier between the E⁺ and E^? states is small it is proportional to the probability of pair creation. Numerical computations show that, in the case of a small Kerr black hole (GM/c² ??/muc), the probability of pair creation of particles of mass μ is maximum when $\text{E ～ ?Ω}$, where E is the energy of the created particles and Ω and M the angular velocity and the mass of the back hole.     

铁磁/半导体/铁磁结构的双量子环自旋输运的特性

研究了与铁磁/半导体/铁磁结构相关的双量子环自旋输运的规律,研究结果表明：总磁通为零条件下,铁磁电极磁化方向反平行时,双量子环与单量子环相比提高了自旋电子透射概率的平均值.铁磁电极磁化方向平行时,双量子环对提高自旋向下电子平均透射概率的效果更明显;双量子环受到Rashba自旋轨道耦合作用影响时,自旋电子的平均透射概率明显高于单量子环,即使再加上外加磁场的影响,透射概率较高这一特征依然存在;双量子环所含的δ势垒具有阻碍自旋电子输运的作用,随δ势垒强度Z的增大透射概率 关键词： 双量子环 Rashba自旋轨道耦合 透射概率 δ势垒')" href="#">δ势垒     

Ideal bose gas in an oscillator potential (exact solution)

Exact expressions for the statistical sum of the grand canonical ensemble and the one-particle density matrix are derived based on the definition of the density matrix for a system of N identical noninteracting Bose particles in an oscillator potential as a sum with respect to the symmetric exchange of the density matrix coordinates of distinguishable particles. A quasi-classical scenario is analyzed in detail.     

Theory of the scattering of pions from nuclei

A nonrelativistic quantum field theoretic formulation of pion-nucleus scattering is presented. A nonrelativistic boson-complex-target Low equation is developed, in which the coupling between the incident boson and target constituent particles is completely general. This development is then particularized to the case where the bosons are pions and the target is a nucleus of A nucleons. Special detailed attention is paid to the case where the pion-nucleon coupling is linear. The pion-nucleus Low equation is decomposed into a finite series of A terms, referred to as a spectator expansion, of which the first term involves one active particle and (A-1) spectators and the higher terms involve an increasingly larger number of active target particles. Within the framework of the nonrelativistic pion-nucleus Low equation, a formal definition of the pion-nucleus optical potential is also given.     

On the asymptotic behavior in the scattering problem for several charged quantum particles interacting via repulsive pair potentials

The ansatz proposed earlier by Buslaev and Levin [Funct. Anal. Appl. 46, 147 (2012)] for describing the leading order in the asymptotic behavior of continuum eigenfunctions in the scattering problem for three charged quantum particles is extended to the system of n charged quantum particles of identical mass and identical charge. It is shown that the proposed ansatz generates a fast decreasing (faster than the potential) discrepancy of the Schrödinger equation for a set of asymptotic configurations.     

Zur formelmäßigen Darstellung des Ionisierungsquerschnitts für den Atom-Atomstoß und über die Ionen-Elektronen-Rekombination im dichten Neutralgas

Thomson's classical theory for the calculation of ionisation cross sections in electron-atom encounters is applied for calculating the ionisation cross section for atom-atom collisions. A very simple formula is obtained permitting a rapid calculation of the total ionisation cross sections as a function of the kinetic energyE _a and the massm _A of the ionizing atom, and of the binding energyE _i and the number ξ_i of equivalent electrons in the electronic shell to be ionized. The formula is in good agreement with quantum mechanical calculations and with experimental results. It can be applied to ionization from ground and from excited states. From this formula one obtains an expression for the rate coefficient for ionization in the center-of-mass system of the colliding particles. Then, the method of detailed balancing is applied to calculate the rate coefficient for ion-electron three-body collisional recombination with a neutral atom acting as the third body. This latter formula is applicable to recombination into the ground and into excited states.     

含δ势垒的铁磁/半导体/铁磁异质结中的自旋输运和渡越时间

研究了含δ势垒的铁磁/半导体/铁磁异质结中自旋相关的透射概率和渡越时间,讨论了量子尺寸效应和Rashba自旋轨道耦合效应对隧穿特性的影响.研究结果表明：δ势垒的存在降低了自旋电子的透射概率,改变了透射概率的位相.Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度的增加加大了透射概率的振荡频率.不同自旋取向的电子隧穿异质结时,渡越时间随着半导体长度、Rashba自旋轨道耦合强度以及两铁磁电极中的磁化方向的夹角的变化而变化. 关键词： δ势垒')" href="#">δ势垒 铁磁/半导体/铁磁异质结 Rashba自旋轨道耦合效应 渡越时间     

Nonlinear optical rectification in asymmetric coupled quantum wells

The optical rectification (OR) in the asymmetric coupled quantum wells (ACQWs) is calculated theoretically. The dependence of the OR on the width of the right-well and the barrier is studied. The analytical expression of the optical rectification coefficient is obtained by using the compact density-matrix approach and the iterative method, and the numerical calculations are presented for a typical GaAs/Al_xGa_1 − xAs ACQW. The results obtained show that the OR efficient can reach the magnitude of 10⁻⁴ m/V in this ACQW system, which is 1-2 orders higher than that in single quantum systems. Moreover, the OR coefficient is strongly dependent on the widths of the barrier and the right-well of the ACQWs. An appropriate choice for the width of the barrier and the right-well of the ACQWs can induce a larger OR coefficient.     

Induced current and transmission through the barrier in the four-fermion model in 2 + 1 dimensions

A three-dimensional theoretical model with compactification of the third dimension in the presence of a four-fermion interaction under the A ₃ external gauge field, where the mass was generated in a two-dimensional brane, has been considered. In the framework of this model the appearance of an induced current was predicted. The induced current was obtained as the function of the flux of Aharonov-Bohm field. The resulting expression oscillates with frequency, depending on the value of the flux. In the absence of compactification, the transmission coefficient through the delta-shaped barrier that was formed by the four-fermion interaction was obtained.     

Correlation Effects in the Moshinsky Model

We investigate quantum correlations in the ground state of the Moshinsky model formed by N harmonically interacting particles confined in a harmonic potential. The model is solvable which allows an exact determination of entanglement between the subset of p particles and the remaining N ? p particles. We study linear entropies and von Neumann entropies of the bipartitions and compare their behavior with that of the relative correlation energy and of the statistical Kutzelnigg coefficient.