Pseudo-Differential Operators with Point Interactions

Point interactions for pseudo-differential operators are studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions for a pseudo-differential operator to have nontrivial point perturbations are given. The results are applied to the construction of relativistic spin zero Hamiltonians with point interactions.     

On the Number of Negative Eigenvalues of a One-Dimensional Schrödinger Operator with Point Interactions

An effective algorithm is provided for determining the number of negative eigenvalues of a one-dimensional Schrödinger operator with point interactions in terms of the intensities and the distances between the interactions.     

Realizing Holonomic Constraints in Classical and Quantum Mechanics

We consider the problem of constraining a particle to a smooth compact submanifold Σ of configuration space using a sequence of increasing potentials. We compare the classical and quantum versions of this procedure. This leads to new results in both cases: an unbounded energy theorem in the classical case, and a quantum averaging theorem. Our two step approach, consisting of an expansion in a dilation parameter, followed by averaging in normal directions, emphasizes the role of the normal bundle of Σ, and shows when the limiting phase space will be larger (or different) than expected. Received: 16 November 2000 / Accepted: 2 February 2001     

Weak Coupling and Continuous Limits for Repeated Quantum Interactions

We consider a quantum system in contact with a heat bath consisting in an infinite chain of identical sub-systems at thermal equilibrium at inverse temperature β. The time evolution is discrete and such that over each time step of duration τ, the reference system is coupled to one new element of the chain only, by means of an interaction of strength λ. We consider three asymptotic regimes of the parameters λ and τ for which the effective evolution of observables on the small system becomes continuous over suitable macroscopic time scales T and whose generator can be computed: the weak coupling limit regime λ → 0, τ = 1, the regime τ → 0, λ²τ → 0 and the critical case λ²τ = 1, τ → 0. The first two regimes are perturbative in nature and the effective generators they determine is such that a non-trivial invariant sub-algebra of observables naturally emerges. The third asymptotic regime goes beyond the perturbative regime and provides an effective dynamics governed by a general Lindblad generator naturally constructed from the interaction Hamiltonian. Conversely, this result shows that one can attach to any Lindblad generator a repeated quantum interactions model whose asymptotic effective evolution is generated by this Lindblad operator.     

Power-Law Bounds on Transfer Matrices and Quantum Dynamics in One Dimension

 We present an approach to quantum dynamical lower bounds for discrete one-dimensional Schr?dinger operators which is based on power-law bounds on transfer matrices. It suffices to have such bounds for a nonempty set of energies. We apply this result to various models, including the Fibonacci Hamiltonian. Received: 5 June 2002 / Accepted: 20 January 2003 Published online: 28 March 2003 RID="⋆" ID="⋆" D.D. was supported in part by NSF Grant No. DMS–0227289 Communicated by M. Aizenman     

Two Electrons with Spin-Orbit Interactions in InAs Coupled Quantum Dots

We theoretically study the spin properties of two interacting electrons confined in the IhAs parallel coupled quantum dots （CQDs） with spin-orbit interactions （SOI） by exact diagonalization method. Through the SOI induced spin mixing of the singlet and the triplet states, we show the different spin properties for the weak and strong SOI. We investigate the coherent singlet-triplet spin oscillations of the two electrons under the SOI, and demonstrate the detailed behaviors of the spin oscillations depending on the SOI strengths, the inter-dot separations and the external magnetic fields. To better understand the underlying physics of the spin dynamics, we introduce a four-level model Hamiltonian for both weak and strong SOI, and find that the SOI induced in plane effective magnetic fields can be quantitatively extracted from the two-electron excitation energy spectra.     

Gravity, Inertia, and Quantum Vacuum Zero Point Fields

Over the past several years Haisch, Rueda, and others have made the claim that the origin of inertial reaction forces can be explained as the interaction of electrically charged elementary particles with the vacuum electromagnetic zero-point field expected on the basis of quantum field theory. After pointing out that this claim, in light of the fact that the inertial masses of the hadrons reside in the electrically chargeless, photon-like gluons that bind their constituent quarks, is untenable, the question of the role of quantum zero-point fields generally in the origin of inertia is explored. It is shown that, although non-gravitational zero-point fields might be the cause of the gravitational properties of normal matter, the action of non-gravitational zero-point fields cannot be the cause of inertial reaction forces. The gravitational origin of inertial reaction forces is then briefly revisited. Recent claims critical of the gravitational origin of inertial reaction forces by Haisch and his collaborators are then shown to be without merit.     

N ＝ 4 Superconformal Quantum Mechanics in One Dimension and Its Algebraic Structure

N = 4 superconformal quantum mechanics of nonrelativistic particles in the typical 1/x2-potentials, which holds not only supersymmetry but also dynamical conformal symmetry, is studied. The corresponding superconformal quantum mechanical algebra, which contains supersymmetric quantum mechanical algebra with four supercharges and conformal algebra as subalgebras, and its two canonical group chains are established.     

Poissonian Obstacles with Gaussian Walls Discriminate Between Classical and Quantum Lifshits Tailing in Magnetic Fields

We investigate the leading low-energy falloff of the integrated density of states of a charged quantum particle in the Euclidean plane subject to a perpendicular constant magnetic field and repulsive impurities randomly distributed according to Poisson's law. This so-called magnetic Lifshits tail was determined by K. Broderix et al. [J. Stat. Phys. 80:1 (1995)] for algebraically decaying and by L. Erds [Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 112:321 (1998)] for compactly supported single-impurity potentials. While the result in the first case coincides with the corresponding classical one, the Lifshits tail in Erds' case exhibits a genuine quantum behavior. Building on both works, we determine magnetic Lifshits tails for a wide class of positive impurity potentials with a leading long-distance decay in between these limiting cases. Gaussian decay may be shown to discriminate between classical and quantum behavior. The Lifshits tail caused by Gaussian decay reveals power-law falloff with an exponent not yet completely determined.     

Torsion Fields, Cartan–Weyl Space–Time and State-Space Quantum Geometries, their Brownian Motions, and the Time Variables

We review the relation between spacetime geometries with trace-torsion fields, the so-called Riemann–Cartan–Weyl (RCW) geometries, and their associated Brownian motions. In this setting, the drift vector field is the metric conjugate of the trace-torsion one-form, and the laplacian defined by the RCW connection is the differential generator of the Brownian motions. We extend this to the state-space of non-relativistic quantum mechanics and discuss the relation between a non-canonical quantum RCW geometry in state-space associated with the gradient of the quantum-mechanical expectation value of a self-adjoint operator given by the generalized laplacian operator defined by a RCW geometry. We discuss the reduction of the wave function in terms of a RCW quantum geometry in state-space. We characterize the Schroedinger equation in terms of the RCW geometries and Brownian motions. Thus, in this work, the Schroedinger field is a torsion generating field, both for the linear and non-linear cases. We discuss the problem of the many times variables and the relation with dissipative processes, and the role of time as an active field, following Kozyrev and a recent experiment in non-relativistic quantum systems. We associate the Hodge dual of the drift vector field with a possible angular-momentum source for the phenomenae observed by Kozyrev.     

Quantum Gates and Hamilton Operators

Quantum gates are described by unitary operators. We discuss the construction of Hamilton operators from the unitary operators. Different techniques are applied.     

Quantum Invariants for Solving the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation in One Dimension

Extending the work of Lewis and Leach on classical invariants for solving the classical equation of motion in one-dimensional system, the quantum invariants in polynomial form of momentum are obtained. The involved Hamiltonian is time-dependent and quadratic in momentum.     

Entanglement Entropy Signature of Quantum Phase Transitions in a Multiple Spin Interactions Model

Through the Jordan-Wigner transformation, the entanglement entropy and ground state phase diagrams of exactly solvable spin model with alternating and multiple spin exchange interactions are investigated by means of Green's function theory. In the absence of four-spin interactions, the ground state presents plentiful quantum phases due to the multiple spin interactions and magnetic fields. It is shown that the two-site entanglement entropy is a good indicator of quantum phase transition (QPT). In addition, the alternating interactions can destroy the magnetization plateau and wash out the spin-gap of low-lying excitations. However, in the presence of four-spin interactions, apart from the second order QPTs, the system manifests the first order QPT at the tricritical point and an additional new phase called ``spin waves', which is due to the collapse of the continuous tower-like low-lying excitations modulated by the four-spin interactions for large three-spin couplings.     

Polarization-Free Quantum Fields and Interaction

A new approach to the inverse scattering problem proposed by Schroer, is applied to two-dimensional integrable quantum field theories. For any two-particle S-matrix S ₂ which is analytic in the physical sheet, quantum fields are constructed which are localizable in wedge-shaped regions of Minkowski space and whose two-particle scattering is described by the given S ₂. These fields are polarization-free in the sense that they create one-particle states from the vacuum without polarization clouds. Thus they provide examples of temperate polarization-free generators in the presence of nontrivial interaction.     

Deformed Ginibre ensembles and integrable systems

We consider three Ginibre ensembles (real, complex and quaternion-real) with deformed measures and relate them to known integrable systems by presenting partition functions of these ensembles in form of fermionic expectation values. We also introduce double deformed Dyson–Wigner ensembles and compare their fermionic representations with those of Ginibre ensembles.