29 research outputs found
Quantum control and the Strocchi map
Identifying the real and imaginary parts of wave functions with coordinates
and momenta, quantum evolution may be mapped onto a classical Hamiltonian
system. In addition to the symplectic form, quantum mechanics also has a
positive-definite real inner product which provides a geometrical
interpretation of the measurement process. Together they endow the quantum
Hilbert space with the structure of a K\"{a}ller manifold. Quantum control is
discussed in this setting. Quantum time-evolution corresponds to smooth
Hamiltonian dynamics and measurements to jumps in the phase space. This adds
additional power to quantum control, non unitarily controllable systems
becoming controllable by ``measurement plus evolution''. A picture of quantum
evolution as Hamiltonian dynamics in a classical-like phase-space is the
appropriate setting to carry over techniques from classical to quantum control.
This is illustrated by a discussion of optimal control and sliding mode
techniques.Comment: 16 pages Late
Lyapunov exponent in quantum mechanics. A phase-space approach
Using the symplectic tomography map, both for the probability distributions
in classical phase space and for the Wigner functions of its quantum
counterpart, we discuss a notion of Lyapunov exponent for quantum dynamics.
Because the marginal distributions, obtained by the tomography map, are always
well defined probabilities, the correspondence between classical and quantum
notions is very clear. Then we also obtain the corresponding expressions in
Hilbert space. Some examples are worked out. Classical and quantum exponents
are seen to coincide for local and non-local time-dependent quadratic
potentials. For non-quadratic potentials classical and quantum exponents are
different and some insight is obtained on the taming effect of quantum
mechanics on classical chaos. A detailed analysis is made for the standard map.
Providing an unambiguous extension of the notion of Lyapunov exponent to
quantum mechnics, the method that is developed is also computationally
efficient in obtaining analytical results for the Lyapunov exponent, both
classical and quantum.Comment: 30 pages Late
Tomographic Representation of Minisuperspace Quantum Cosmology and Noether Symmetries
The probability representation, in which cosmological quantum states are
described by a standard positive probability distribution, is constructed for
minisuperspace models selected by Noether symmetries. In such a case, the
tomographic probability distribution provides the classical evolution for the
models and can be considered an approach to select "observable" universes. Some
specific examples, derived from Extended Theories of Gravity, are worked out.
We discuss also how to connect tomograms, symmetries and cosmological
parameters.Comment: 15 page
Tomographic entropy and cosmology
The probability representation of quantum mechanics including propagators and
tomograms of quantum states of the universe and its application to quantum
gravity and cosmology are reviewed. The minisuperspaces modeled by oscillator,
free pointlike particle and repulsive oscillator are considered. The notion of
tomographic entropy and its properties are used to find some inequalities for
the tomographic probability determining the quantum state of the universe. The
sense of the inequality as a lower bound for the entropy is clarified.Comment: 19 page
Coherent states for exactly solvable potentials
A general algebraic procedure for constructing coherent states of a wide
class of exactly solvable potentials e.g., Morse and P{\"o}schl-Teller, is
given. The method, {\it a priori}, is potential independent and connects with
earlier developed ones, including the oscillator based approaches for coherent
states and their generalizations. This approach can be straightforwardly
extended to construct more general coherent states for the quantum mechanical
potential problems, like the nonlinear coherent states for the oscillators. The
time evolution properties of some of these coherent states, show revival and
fractional revival, as manifested in the autocorrelation functions, as well as,
in the quantum carpet structures.Comment: 11 pages, 4 eps figures, uses graphicx packag
Quantum Characterization of a Werner-like Mixture
We introduce a Werner-like mixture [R. F. Werner, Phys. Rev. A {\bf 40}, 4277
(1989)] by considering two correlated but different degrees of freedom, one
with discrete variables and the other with continuous variables. We evaluate
the mixedness of this state, and its degree of entanglement establishing its
usefulness for quantum information processing like quantum teleportation. Then,
we provide its tomographic characterization. Finally, we show how such a
mixture can be generated and measured in a trapped system like one electron in
a Penning trap.Comment: 8 pages ReVTeX, 8 eps figure
Contractions, deformations and curvature
The role of curvature in relation with Lie algebra contractions of the
pseudo-ortogonal algebras so(p,q) is fully described by considering some
associated symmetrical homogeneous spaces of constant curvature within a
Cayley-Klein framework. We show that a given Lie algebra contraction can be
interpreted geometrically as the zero-curvature limit of some underlying
homogeneous space with constant curvature. In particular, we study in detail
the contraction process for the three classical Riemannian spaces (spherical,
Euclidean, hyperbolic), three non-relativistic (Newtonian) spacetimes and three
relativistic ((anti-)de Sitter and Minkowskian) spacetimes. Next, from a
different perspective, we make use of quantum deformations of Lie algebras in
order to construct a family of spaces of non-constant curvature that can be
interpreted as deformations of the above nine spaces. In this framework, the
quantum deformation parameter is identified as the parameter that controls the
curvature of such "quantum" spaces.Comment: 17 pages. Based on the talk given in the Oberwolfach workshop:
Deformations and Contractions in Mathematics and Physics (Germany, january
2006) organized by M. de Montigny, A. Fialowski, S. Novikov and M.
Schlichenmaie