Quantum tunneling of composite object coupled with quantized radiation field
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gravitational decoherenceopen quantum systemquantum electrodynamicsquantum mechanics of composite objects
Two-body problems (70F05) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Tunneling in quantum theory (81U26) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Atomic physics (81V45) Molecular physics (81V55) Mono-, di- and multipole moments (EM and other), gyromagnetic relations (81V60)
Abstract: We study quantum tunneling of a composite object, which has a dipole or quadrupole moment coupled with quantized (photon or gravitational) radiation field, through a {delta} potential barrier. The dipole or quadrupole moment is represented by an oscillator in the relative coordinate of two constituent particles of the object. The center of mass degrees of freedom of the object is not directly coupled with the radiation field. However, we show that, for the object with the oscillator in the excited state, dissipation caused by the radiation field can suppress its quantum tunneling rate in the center of mass degrees of freedom. In addition, when the initial energy of its center of mass motion is similar to that of the excited state of the oscillator, a spatial superposition state of the object prepared by the barrier can decohere due to the radiation field. The main purpose of this article is to investigate how two different interplays (i) among the center of mass, the relative coordinate degrees of freedom and the potential barrier, and (ii) between the relative coordinate degrees of freedom and the radiation field, can affect the quantum tunneling and the creation of the spatial superposition state of the object. Our toy model can give insight into tests of quantum tunneling and quantum superposition of atoms or molecules with its dipole or quadrupole moment coupled with the radiation field.
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