Universality in an information-theoretic motivated nonlinear Schrodinger equation

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/21/012zbMATH Open1115.81022arXivquant-ph/0607222OpenAlexW1988939497MaRDI QIDQ3445837FDOQ3445837

Authors: Rajesh R. Parwani, Gelo Noel Tabia 

Publication date: 7 June 2007

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using perturbative methods, we analyse a nonlinear generalisation of Schrodinger's equation that had previously been obtained through information-theoretic arguments. We obtain analytical expressions for the leading correction, in terms of the nonlinearity scale, to the energy eigenvalues of the linear Schrodinger equation in the presence of an external potential and observe some generic features. In one space dimension these are: (i) For nodeless ground states, the energy shifts are subleading in the nonlinearity parameter compared to the shifts for the excited states, (ii) the shifts for the excited states are due predominantly to contribution from the nodes of the unperturbed wavefunctions and (iii) the energy shifts for excited states are positive for small values of a regulating parameter and negative at large values, vanishing at a universal critical value that is not manifest in the equation. Some of these features hold true for higher dimensional problems. We also study two exactly solved nonlinear Schrodinger equations so as to contrast our observations. Finally, we comment on the possible significance of our results if the nonlinearity is physically realised.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0607222

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Perturbation theories for operators and differential equations in quantum theory (81Q15)

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