Computations in quantum mechanics made easy

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/37/5/055410zbMATH Open1349.81019arXiv1603.04167OpenAlexW2298031324MaRDI QIDQ2835950FDOQ2835950

Authors: H. J. Korsch, K. Rapedius 

Publication date: 30 November 2016

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Convenient and simple numerical techniques for performing quantum computations based on matrix representations of Hilbert space operators are presented and illustrated by various examples. The applications include the calculations of spectral and dynamical properties for one-dimensional and two-dimensional single-particle systems as well as bosonic many-particle and open quantum systems. Due to their technical simplicity these methods are well suited as a tool for teaching quantum mechanics to undergraduates and graduates. Explicit implementations of the presented numerical methods in Matlab are given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.04167

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zbMATH Keywords

Kronecker productopen quantum systemsquantum dynamicsBloch oscillationsBose Hubbard systemseigenvalues \((1D, 2D, 3D)\)numerical calculations/simulations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-08) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

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Uses Software

• Matlab

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