Generalized spin-boson models with non-normalizable form factors

Generalized spin-boson (GSB) models describe the interaction between a quantum mechanical system and a structured boson environment, mediated by a family of coupling functions known as form factors. We propose an extension of the class of GSB models which can accommodate non-normalizable form factors, provided that they satisfy a weaker growth constraint, thus accounting for a rigorous description of a wider range of physical scenarios; we also show that such "singular" GSB models can be rigorously approximated by GSB models with normalizable form factors. Furthermore, we discuss in greater detail the structure of the spin-boson model with a rotating wave approximation (RWA): for this model, the result is improved via a nonperturbative approach which enables us to further extend the class of admissible form factors, as well as to compute its resolvent and characterize its self-adjointness domain.Comment: 40 pages; new section adde

Self-adjointness of a class of multi-spin-boson models with ultraviolet divergences

We study a class of quantum Hamiltonian models describing a family of $N$ two-level systems (spins) coupled with a structured boson field, with a rotating-wave coupling mediated by form factors possibly exhibiting ultraviolet divergences (hence, non-normalizable). Spin-spin interactions which do not modify the total number of excitations are also included. Generalizing previous results in the single-spin case, we provide explicit expressions for the self-adjointness domain and the resolvent operator of such models, both of them carrying an intricate dependence on both the spin-field and spin-spin coupling via a family of concatenated propagators. This construction is also shown to be stable, in the norm resolvent sense, under approximations of the form factors via normalizable ones, for example an ultraviolet cutoff.Comment: 24 page

Renormalization of spin\unicode{x2013}boson interactions mediated by singular form factors

We study and discuss the extension of the rotating-wave spin\unicode{x2013}boson model, together with more general models describing a system\unicode{x2013}field coupling with a similar rotating-wave structure, to interactions mediated by possibly singular (non-normalizable) form factors satisfying a weaker growth constraint. To this purpose, a construction of annihilation and creation operators as continuous maps on a scale of Fock spaces, together with a rigorous renormalization procedure, is employed.Comment: 19 page

On global approximate controllability of a quantum particle in a box by moving walls

We study a system composed of a free quantum particle trapped in a box whose walls can change their position. We prove the global approximate controllability of the system. That is, any initial state can be driven arbitrarily close to any target state in the Hilbert space of the free particle with a predetermined final position of the box. To this purpose we consider weak solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation and use a stability theorem for the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation.Comment: 25 pages, 1 figur

On a sharper bound on the stability of non-autonomous Schr\"odinger equations and applications to quantum control

We study the stability of the Schr\"odinger equation generated by time-dependent Hamiltonians with constant form domain. That is, we bound the difference between solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation by the difference of their Hamiltonians. The stability theorem obtained in this article provides a sharper bound than those previously obtained in the literature. This makes it a potentially useful tool for time-dependent problems in Quantum Physics, in particular for Quantum Control. We apply this result to prove two theorems about global approximate controllability of infinite-dimensional quantum systems. These results improve and generalise existing results on infinite-dimensional quantum control.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2108.0049

Boundary conditions for the quantum Hall effect

We formulate a self-consistent model of the integer quantum Hall effect on an infinite strip, using boundary conditions to investigate the influence of finite-size effects on the Hall conductivity. By exploiting the translation symmetry along the strip, we determine both the general spectral properties of the system for a large class of boundary conditions respecting such symmetry, and the full spectrum for (fibered) Robin boundary conditions. In particular, we find that the latter introduce a new kind of states with no classical analogues, and add a finer structure to the quantization pattern of the Hall conductivity. Moreover, our model also predicts the breakdown of the quantum Hall effect at high values of the applied electric field.Comment: 41 pages, 12 figure

On the Schrödinger Equation for Time-Dependent Hamiltonians with a Constant Form Domain

We study two seminal approaches, developed by B. Simon and J. Kisynski, to the wellposedness of the Schrödinger equation with a time-dependent Hamiltonian. In both cases, the Hamiltonian is assumed to be semibounded from below and to have a constant form domain, but a possibly non-constant operator domain. The problem is addressed in the abstract setting, without assuming any specific functional expression for the Hamiltonian. The connection between the two approaches is the relation between sesquilinear forms and the bounded linear operators representing them. We provide a characterisation of the continuity and differentiability properties of form-valued and operator-valued functions, which enables an extensive comparison between the two approaches and their technical assumptions.A.B. and J.M.P.-P. acknowledge support provided by the “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación” Research Project PID2020-117477GB-I00, by the QUITEMAD Project P2018/TCS-4342 funded by Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) and by the Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the line of “Research Funds for Beatriz Galindo Fellowships” (C&QIG-BG-CM-UC3M), and in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation). A.B. acknowledges financial support by “Universidad Carlos III de Madrid” through Ph.D. Program Grant PIPF UC3M 01-1819 and through its mobility grant in 2020. D.L. was partially supported by “Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare” (INFN) through the project “QUANTUM” and the Italian National Group of Mathematical Physics (GNFM-INdAM)