Vestiges of quantum oscillations in the open evolution of semiclassical states

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA6B8FMaRDI QIDQ4977138zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. M. Ozorio De Almeida

Publication date 3 August 2017

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.08533

zbMATH Keywords

decoherencelocal correlationsphase spacepositivity of the Wigner functionsemiclassical approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30)

Abstract: A single wave component of a quantum particle can in principle be detected by the way that it interferes with itself, that is, through the local wave function correlation. The interpretation as the expectation of a local translation operator allows this measure of quantum wavyness to be followed through the process of decoherence in open quantum systems. This is here assumed to be Markovian, determined by Lindblad operators that are linear in position and momentum. The limitation of small averaging windows and even smaller correlation lengths simplifies the semiclassical theory for the evolving local correlation. Its spectrum has a peak for each classical momentum, subjected to Gaussian broadening with decoherence. These spectral lines can be clearly resolved even after the Wigner function has become positive: The correlations located far from caustics seem to be the last vestige of quantum oscilations.

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