Exactly solvable quantum state reduction models with time-dependent coupling

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/35/006zbMATH Open1100.81044arXivquant-ph/0511046OpenAlexW2161677709WikidataQ62272462 ScholiaQ62272462MaRDI QIDQ5489710FDOQ5489710

Authors: Dorje C. Brody, Irene C. Constantinou, James D. C. Dear, Lane P. Hughston 

Publication date: 28 September 2006

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

Abstract: A closed-form solution to the energy-based stochastic Schrodinger equation with a time-dependent coupling is obtained. The solution is algebraic in character, and is expressed directly in terms of independent random data. The data consist of (i) a random variable H which has the distribution P(H=E_i) = pi_i, where pi_i is the transition probability from the initial state to the Luders state with energy E_i; and (ii) an independent P-Brownian motion, where P is the physical probability measure associated with the dynamics of the reduction process. When the coupling is time-independent, it is known that state reduction occurs asymptotically--that is to say, over an infinite time horizon. In the case of a time-dependent coupling, we show that if the magnitude of the coupling decreases sufficiently rapidly, then the energy variance will be reduced under the dynamics, but the state need not reach an energy eigenstate. This situation corresponds to the case of a ``partial or ``incomplete measurement of the energy. We also construct an example of a model where the opposite situation prevails, in which complete state reduction is achieved after the passage of a finite period of time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0511046

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Exactly and quasi-solvable systems arising in quantum theory (81U15)

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