Relativistic effects in quantum walks: Klein's paradox and Zitterbewegung

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.08.017zbMATH Open1225.82057arXivquant-ph/0606171OpenAlexW2053901403MaRDI QIDQ643984FDOQ643984

Authors: Paweł Kurzyński 

Publication date: 2 November 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum walks are not only algorithmic tools for quantum computation but also not trivial models which describe various physical processes. The paper compares one-dimensional version of the free particle Dirac equation with discrete time quantum walk (DTQW). We show that the discretized Dirac equation when compared with DTQW results in interesting relations. It is also shown that two relativistic effects associated with the Dirac equation, namely Zitterbewegung (quivering motion) and Klein's paradox, are present in DTQW, which can be implemented within non-relativistic quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606171

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zbMATH Keywords

Klein paradoxZitterbewegung

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41)

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