Decoherence due to thermal effects in two quintessential quantum systems

DOI10.1007/S40509-014-0004-8zbMATH Open1308.82032arXiv1407.0362OpenAlexW2962961887MaRDI QIDQ482067FDOQ482067

Authors: Shmuel Nussinov, T. Madziwa-Nussinov, Z. Nussinov 

Publication date: 19 December 2014

Published in: Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Decoherence effects at finite temperature (T) are examined for two manifestly quantum systems: (i) Casimir forces between parallel plates that conduct along different directions, and (ii) a topological Aharonov-Bohm (AB) type force between fluxons in a superconductor. As we illustrate, standard path integral calculations suggest that thermal effects may remove the angular dependence of the Casimir force in case (i) with a decoherence time set by h/(k_{B} T) where h is Plank's constant and k_{B} is the Boltzmann constant. This prediction may be tested. The effect in case (ii) is due a phase shift picked by unpaired electrons upon encircling an odd number of fluxons. In principle, this effect may lead to small modifications in Abrikosov lattices. While the AB forces exist at extremely low temperatures, we find that thermal decoherence may strongly suppress the topological force at experimentally pertinent finite temperatures. It is suggested that both cases (i) and (ii) (as well as other examples briefly sketched) are related to a quantum version of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.0362

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zbMATH Keywords

superconductivityquantum decoherenceCasimir forcesfluctuation dissipationtopological forces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Casimir effect in quantum field theory (81T55)

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