Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-16DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170188
R. Kumar , R.P. Malik
{"title":"A 3D field-theoretic model: Discrete duality symmetry","authors":"R. Kumar , R.P. Malik","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We demonstrate the discrete duality symmetry between the Abelian 1-form and 2-form <em>basic</em> gauge fields in the context of a three <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span>-dimensional (<span><math><mrow><mn>3</mn><mi>D</mi></mrow></math></span>) combined system of the field-theoretic model of the free Abelian 1-from and 2-form gauge theories within the framework of Becchi–Rouet–Stora–Tyutin (BRST) formalism. The classical gauge-fixed Lagrangian density of <em>this</em> theory is generalized to its quantum counterpart as the BRST and co-BRST invariant Lagrangian density. We show clearly the existence of the off-shell nilpotent (co-)BRST symmetry transformations and establish their intimate connection through a set of underlying discrete duality symmetry transformations in our <span><math><mrow><mn>3</mn><mi>D</mi></mrow></math></span> BRST-quantized theory. We provide the mathematical <em>basis</em> for the existence of the discrete duality symmetry transformations in our theory through the Hodge duality operator (that is defined on the <span><math><mrow><mn>3</mn><mi>D</mi></mrow></math></span> flat Minkowskian spacetime manifold). We briefly mention a bosonic symmetry transformation which is constructed from the anticommutator of the above off-shell nilpotent (co-)BRST symmetry transformations. We lay emphasis on the algebraic structures of the existing continuous and discrete duality symmetry transformations for our <span><math><mrow><mn>3</mn><mi>D</mi></mrow></math></span> BRST-quantized theory (where they are treated as operators). We also comment on the appearance of a pseudo-scalar field (with negative kinetic term). This field happens to be one of the possible candidates for the phantom field of the cosmological models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170188"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144879293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170180
M. Waqas , Fu-Hu Liu , Jihane Ben Slimane , K.K. Olimov , M. Ajaz , H.I. Alrebdi , A. Haj Ismail
{"title":"Multiplicity dependent behavior of thermodynamic parameters in proton–proton collisions at 13 TeV","authors":"M. Waqas , Fu-Hu Liu , Jihane Ben Slimane , K.K. Olimov , M. Ajaz , H.I. Alrebdi , A. Haj Ismail","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We analyze transverse momentum spectra of identified particles produced in proton–proton collisions at 13 TeV using the thermodynamically consistent Tsallis distribution. Both the freezeout volume (<span><math><mi>V</mi></math></span>) and the effective temperature (<span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span>) are extracted. The energy density (<span><math><mi>ɛ</mi></math></span>), particle number density (<span><math><mi>n</mi></math></span>), pressure (<span><math><mi>P</mi></math></span>), squared sound speed (<span><math><msubsup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msubsup></math></span>), and entropy density (<span><math><mi>s</mi></math></span>) are among the other thermodynamic quantities that are computed. The aforementioned parameters are presented in relation to the multiplicity class and are expected to decrease as the multiplicity class increases. The squared speed of sound decreases gradually in the first few multiplicity classes, and then it decreases sharply. Besides, different particles are observed to have different freezeout surfaces, but all particles are seen to have the same thermalization. Furthermore, we displayed the correlations between the various parameters, all showing positive correlations. There is a sudden change in the correlations of the non-dimensionless parameter (<span><math><mrow><mi>ɛ</mi><mo>/</mo><msup><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>) and <span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><mo>〈</mo><mi>d</mi><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>h</mi></mrow></msub><mo>/</mo><mi>d</mi><mi>η</mi><mo>〉</mo></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span>, and <span><math><mrow><mo>〈</mo><mi>d</mi><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>h</mi></mrow></msub><mo>/</mo><mi>d</mi><mi>η</mi><mo>〉</mo></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><msubsup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msubsup></math></span>, which may show the phase transition from hadronic matter to quark–gluon plasma (QGP). The result of the correlation between <span><math><msubsup><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msubsup></math></span> and <span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span> is close to the Lattice Quantum Chromodynamic (LQCD) prediction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170180"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170162
Y. Myrzakulov , M. Koussour , S. Muminov , I. Ibragimov , A. Çalışkan , E. Güdekli , J. Rayimbaev
{"title":"Cosmological evolution in f(R,Lm,T) gravity with viscosity","authors":"Y. Myrzakulov , M. Koussour , S. Muminov , I. Ibragimov , A. Çalışkan , E. Güdekli , J. Rayimbaev","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate the cosmological evolution of <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> gravity, a theory that unifies <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> by considering a gravitational Lagrangian depending on the Ricci scalar <span><math><mi>R</mi></math></span>, the matter Lagrangian <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, and the trace <span><math><mi>T</mi></math></span> of the energy–momentum tensor. Focusing on the linear model <span><math><mrow><mi>f</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>,</mo><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>,</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>=</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>α</mi><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>m</mi></mrow></msub><mo>+</mo><mi>β</mi><mi>T</mi></mrow></math></span> and introducing a bulk viscous pressure <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>v</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn><mi>ζ</mi><mi>H</mi></mrow></math></span>, we constrain the model using cosmic chronometers, PantheonPlus+SH0ES, and BAO datasets. We analyze the evolution of <span><math><mrow><mi>H</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><mi>q</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mrow><mi>ρ</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, and <span><math><mrow><mi>ω</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span>, finding a transition from deceleration to acceleration around <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>z</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mo>∼</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span>, and a shift from matter-like to dark energy-like behavior at low redshifts. The <span><math><mrow><mi>O</mi><mi>m</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>z</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></math></span> diagnostic reveals deviations from <span><math><mi>Λ</mi></math></span>CDM, confirming a quintessence-like behavior. Our results highlight that viscosity and non-minimal couplings offer a viable mechanism for explaining the late-time acceleration of the universe.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170162"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144879463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-14DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170166
Albert Huber
{"title":"Dynamical horizons and black hole soft hair","authors":"Albert Huber","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170166","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170166","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the present work, quasilocal Brown–York charges are derived that coincide in the large sphere limit with the conserved supertranslation hair and superrotation charges introduced by Hawking, Perry and Strominger in Hawking et al. (2016) and Hawking et al. (2017). Given these charges, a general scenario is outlined in which a non-rotating black hole completely evaporates after its collapse due to particle creation effects, whereby a genuine one-way traversable event horizon is never formed, but merely a two-way traversable dynamical (resp. future trapping) horizon. The formation of such a dynamical horizon has the consequence, as is demonstrated, that quasilocal energy transported by the considered charges, and thus information, can continuously escape through the black hole horizon to infinity; a mechanism which, as is argued, could possibly prevent information loss once the black hole formation and evaporation process comes to an end.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170166"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-11DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170167
A.A. Araújo Filho
{"title":"Particle production induced by a Lorentzian non-commutative spacetime","authors":"A.A. Araújo Filho","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170167","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170167","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we examine particle production, evaporation, and greybody factors for a Lorentzian non-commutative black hole. We begin by analyzing particle creation for bosons, considering scalar perturbations to compute the Bogoliubov coefficients, which enable the determination of the Hawking temperature <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>Θ</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. Subsequently, we describe Hawking radiation as a tunneling process using the Painlevé–Gullstrand metric representation, allowing the evaluation of divergent integrals via the residue method. This approach yields the particle creation density for bosonic modes. Next, we extend the analysis to fermions, obtaining the corresponding particle creation density. The black hole evaporation is then examined through the <em>Stefan–Boltzmann</em> law, leading to an estimate of the black hole’s lifetime. In this context, we identify the presence of a remnant mass when the black hole reaches the final stage of its evaporation. Furthermore, we compute greybody factors for bosons, taking into account scalar, vector, and tensorial perturbations. Finally, we determine the greybody factors for fermions as well. Overall, compared to the Schwarzschild case (<span><math><mrow><mi>Θ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span>), the presence of the non-commutative parameter <span><math><mi>Θ</mi></math></span> lowers the Hawking temperature and reduces the particle creation density for both bosons and fermions, causing the evaporation process to proceed more slowly. Additionally, <span><math><mi>Θ</mi></math></span> decreases the magnitude of the greybody factors for bosons and fermions across all perturbations considered in this analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170167"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-08-05DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170164
A. Errehymy , O. Donmez , B. Turimov , K. Myrzakulov , N. Alessa , A.-H. Abdel-Aty
{"title":"Dehnen-type dark matter wormholes in the f(R,Lm,T) action","authors":"A. Errehymy , O. Donmez , B. Turimov , K. Myrzakulov , N. Alessa , A.-H. Abdel-Aty","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170164","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170164","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We are exploring the possibility of traversable wormholes existing in a more realistic context. Specifically, we are looking at scenarios that do not rely on exotic factors, like having a mass shell at the throat or allowing particles and antiparticles to coexist without annihilation. To do this, we are constructing wormholes with double power-law density distributions, drawing inspiration from the Dehnen-type dark matter halo in the framework of generalized geometry-matter coupling gravity. Our investigation carefully considers the challenges of traversability and stability, as well as the roles of exotic matter, the exoticity parameter, and the anisotropy parameter. We have discovered solutions that describe asymmetric, asymptotically flat traversable wormholes, supported by a smooth metric and double power-law density distributions. These solutions successfully avoid the problems, giving us hope that such wormholes could actually exist in nature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170164"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144780391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170163
Shi-Bei Kong
{"title":"Effective Pressure of the FRW Universe","authors":"Shi-Bei Kong","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we study the effective pressure of the <span><math><mi>N</mi></math></span>-dimensional FRW(Friedmann–Robertson– Walker) universe in Einstein gravity, Gauss–Bonnet gravity, and Lovelock gravity. The effective pressure is defined by <span><math><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>P</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>e</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>f</mi></mrow></msub><mo>≔</mo><mo>−</mo><mi>d</mi><mi>E</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>d</mi><mi>V</mi></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><mrow><mi>E</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mi>V</mi></mrow></math></span> is the effective energy and <span><math><mi>V</mi></math></span> is the volume of the FRW universe inside the apparent horizon. The effective pressure in Einstein gravity is always negative and its absolute value decreases with the horizon radius <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>A</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. The effective pressure in Gauss–Bonnet gravity is different with the one in Einstein gravity only when <span><math><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></math></span>, and in this case, the effective pressure is not always negative and has a minimum, which is very similar to the potential between molecules. The effective pressure in Lovelock gravity can have multiple zero-points and extreme points. The effective pressure in different dimensions has interesting relations. We also find that under certain condition, the effective pressure is equivalent with the ‘ordinary’ pressure <span><math><mi>p</mi></math></span> of the perfect fluid, and this condition do not depend on the specific choice of gravitational theories.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170163"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-07-31DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170153
Gilberto M. Kremer
{"title":"Fokker–Planck equation for the Brownian motion in the post-Newtonian approximation","authors":"Gilberto M. Kremer","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170153","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A mixture of light-gas particles and Brownian heavy particles is analyzed within the framework of a post-Newtonian Boltzmann equation to determine the Fokker–Planck equation for the Brownian motion. For each species, the equilibrium distribution function refers to the corresponding post-Newtonian Maxwell–Jüttner distribution function. The expressions for the friction viscous coefficient in the first and second post-Newtonian approximations are determined, and we show their dependence on the corresponding gravitational potentials. A linear stability analysis in the Newtonian and post-Newtonian Fokker–Planck equations for the Brownian motion is developed, where the perturbations are assumed to be plane harmonic waves of small amplitudes. From a dispersion relation it follows that: (i) for perturbation wavelengths smaller than the Jeans wavelength two propagating modes – corresponding to harmonic waves in opposite directions – and one mode that does not propagate show up; (ii) for perturbation wavelengths bigger than the Jeans wavelength the time evolution of the perturbation corresponds to a growth or a decay and the one which grows refers to the instability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170153"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144748786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-07-30DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170157
B. Askari, A. Dalafi, M.J. Kazemi
{"title":"Investigation of intrinsic nonlinear effects in driven-dissipative optomechanical systems using the generalized linear response theory","authors":"B. Askari, A. Dalafi, M.J. Kazemi","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, we study the effects of intrinsic nonlinear optomechanical interaction on the linear response of a driven-dissipative optomechanical system to a weak time-dependent perturbation. By calculating the linear response of the cavity optical mode to a weak probe laser in the framework of the generalized linear response theory, it is shown how the Stokes and anti-Stokes sideband amplitudes as well as the power reflection coefficient, and the density of states of the cavity optical mode are expressed in terms of photonic retarded Green’s functions. Then, we derive the equations of motion of retarded Green’s functions of the system from nonlinear quantum Langevin equations and solve them. It is shown that for a single-photon optomechanical coupling of the order of the cavity linewidth, the nonlinear effect does not manifest itself unless the system satisfies a resonance condition, where the frequency of the upper normal mode of the system is twice that of the lower one. Based on the generality of the present approach which works at all regimes, the validity of linearization approximation is also confirmed at the off-resonance regime.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170157"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144739517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of PhysicsPub Date : 2025-07-29DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2025.170158
Abdessamad Belfakir , Randa Herzallah
{"title":"Probabilistic pathways: New frontiers in quantum ensemble control","authors":"Abdessamad Belfakir , Randa Herzallah","doi":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170158","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aop.2025.170158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we propose a novel probabilistic control framework for efficiently controlling an ensemble of quantum systems that can also compensate for the interaction of the systems with the external environment. The main challenge in this problem is to simultaneously steer an ensemble of systems with variation in their internal parameters from an initial state to a desired final state. The minimization of the discrepancy between the probabilistic description of the dynamics of a quantum ensemble and a predefined desired probabilistic description is the key step in the proposed framework. With this objective, the derived solution will not only allow the transitioning of the ensemble from one state to another, but will generally allow steering an initial distribution of the ensemble to a final distribution. Numerical results are presented, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed probabilistic control framework.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8249,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Physics","volume":"481 ","pages":"Article 170158"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144757233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}