Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 8, (2020)

Quantum to classical transition induced by a classically small influence

Wen-Lei Zhao1、† and Quanlin Jie2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Science, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 34000, China
  • 2Department of Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 43007, China
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    Classical diffusion coefficient Dc of particle 1 versus m for ε = 0.1 (triangles), 2 (squares), and 4 (circles). The dashed line (in red) denotes the classical diffusion coefficient of unperturbed case, i.e., ε = 0. Inset: mean square of classical momentum of particle 1 versus time for m = 0.001. Dashed line (in red) denotes the fitting function of the form 〈p12(t)〉=Dct with Dc = 0.087. The parameters are K1 = 1.8, K2 = 0, λ = 10, and L = π.
    (a) Time dependence of the classical (red line) mean energy and quantum mean energy (black lines) of particle 1. From top to bottom, black solid lines correspond to ℏeff = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, and 0.05, respectively. The parameters are K1 = 1.8, K2 = 0, m = 0.001, ε = 2, λ = 10, and L = π. For comparison, the dashed line (in blue) denotes the quantum mean energy of the unperturbed case, i.e., ε = 0 with K = 1.8 and ℏeff = 0.01. (b) Momentum distribution at the time t = 500 with ℏeff = 0.01 (blue curve) and 0.05 (black curve). Dash-dotted line (in red) indicates the fitting function of the Gaussian form |ψ1(p)|2∝ e−p2/ζ. Dashed line (in red) denotes the exponential fitting |ψ1(p)|2∝ e−|p|/ξ.
    (a), (b) Time dependence of the mean energy. In (a), ℏeff = 0.01, from top to bottom solid lines correspond to δKmax=0.012, 0.008, 0.005, and 0. In (b), δKmax=0.012, from top to bottom solid lines correspond to ℏeff = 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, and 0.05. For comparison, red-dashed lines denote the classical mean energy with δKmax=0. (c) Momentum distribution at the time t = 500 with δKmax=0.012 for ℏeff = 0.01 and 0.05, respectively. The parameters are K = 1.8 and L = π. Black curves denote the momentum distributions for the two-particle systems with m = 0.001, K1 = 1.8, ε = 2, λ = 10, and L = π (same as in Fig. 1(b)).
    (a) The ratio ℛ versus ℏeff with m = 0.001 (triangles), 0.01 (circles), and 1 (squares). Dashed lines (in red) denote the exponential fitting, i.e., ℛ ∝ e−αℏeff. (b) Phase diagram of quantum diffusion as a function of ℏeff and m, where circles and triangles indicate the threshold values of ℏeffc and ℏeffd which correspond to the appearance of classically chaotic diffusion and dynamical localization, respectively. The coupling strength is ε = 2. Other parameters are the same as those in Fig. 2.
    Purity P versus time with K2 = 0 (circles), 0.03 (triangles), 0.05 (diamonds), 0.09 (pentagrams), and 0.12 (squares). Dashed lines (in blue) denote the fitting function of the form P∝t−η. Dashed-dotted (in red) line indicates the exponential fitting P∝exp(−γt). The parameters are K1 = 5, m = 0.01, ℏ = 10−4, ε = 20ℏ, λ = 10, and L = π.
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    Paper Information

    Received: Mar. 3, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhao Wen-Lei (wlzhao@jxust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/ab8a3a

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