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Coherent State Control of Non-Interacting Quantum Entanglement
We exploit a novel approximation scheme to obtain a new and compact formula
for the parameters underlying coherent-state control of the evolution of a pair
of entangled two-level systems. It is appropriate for long times and for
relatively strong external quantum control via coherent state irradiation. We
take account of both discrete-state and continuous-variable degrees of freedom.
The formula predicts the relative heights of entanglement revivals and their
timing and duration.Comment: Published in PRA, 10 pages, 7 figure
Alternative Derivation of the Hu-Paz-Zhang Master Equation for Quantum Brownian Motion
Hu, Paz and Zhang [ B.L. Hu, J.P. Paz and Y. Zhang, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 45}
(1992) 2843] have derived an exact master equation for quantum Brownian motion
in a general environment via path integral techniques. Their master equation
provides a very useful tool to study the decoherence of a quantum system due to
the interaction with its environment. In this paper, we give an alternative and
elementary derivation of the Hu-Paz-Zhang master equation, which involves
tracing the evolution equation for the Wigner function. We also discuss the
master equation in some special cases.Comment: 17 pages, Revte
Phonon decoherence of quantum entanglement: Robust and fragile states
We study the robustness and fragility of entanglement of open quantum systems
in some exactly solvable models in which the decoherence is caused by a pure
dephasing process. In particular, for the toy models presented in this paper,
we identify two different time scales, one is responsible for local dephasing,
while the other is for entanglement decay. For a class of fragile entangled
states defined in this paper, we find that the entanglement of two qubits, as
measured by concurrence, decays faster asymptotically than the quantum
dephasing of an individual qubit.Comment: 11 pages, revtex, no figure
Sudden Death of Entanglement of Two Jaynes-Cummings Atoms
We investigate entanglement dynamics of two isolated atoms, each in its own
Jaynes-Cummings cavity. We show analytically that initial entanglement has an
interesting subsequent time evolution, including the so-called sudden death
effect.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Quantum transitions induced by the third cumulant of current fluctuations
We investigate the transitions induced by external current fluctuations on a
small probe quantum system. The rates for the transitions between the energy
states are calculated using the real-time Keldysh formalism for the density
matrix evolution. We especially detail the effects of the third cumulant of
current fluctuations inductively coupled to a quantum bit and propose a setup
for detecting the frequency-dependent third cumulant through the transitions it
induces.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Chemisorption and reactions on clusters of nickel atoms
The nucleation and growth of metallic clusters on a substantially amorphous substrate are discussed with emphasis on the geometrical and electronic structure of the clusters. Several clusters of different symmetry containing five to nine nickel atoms were studied. It was found that the energy range of primary d-like states is not significantly different from the width of the d-band states in nickel metal, as long as the interatomic distance is comparable to that in the bulk metal. The approach of one or more molecules to the cluster is examined using at the hydrogenation of acetylene and the dehydrogenation of ethylene as examples
On aether terms in a space-time with a compact extra dimension
In this paper, for the CPT-even and CPT-odd extensions of the QED, we
explicitly obtain the aether-like corrections for the electromagnetic field in
the case when the space-time involves an extra compact spatial dimension
besides of usual four dimensions. Our methodology is based on an explicit
summation over the Kaluza-Klein tower of fields which is no more difficult than
the finite-temperature calculations. The quantum corrections turn out to be
large as the extra dimension is small. We demonstrate that in the CPT-even
case, the extra dimension manifests itself through a new scalar particle.Comment: 9 page
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