Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk
Abstract The main aim of the present paper is to define an active particle in a quantum framework as a minimal model of quantum active matter and investigate the differences and similarities of quantum and classical active matter. Although the field of active matter has been expanding, most research...
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| description | Abstract The main aim of the present paper is to define an active particle in a quantum framework as a minimal model of quantum active matter and investigate the differences and similarities of quantum and classical active matter. Although the field of active matter has been expanding, most research has been conducted on classical systems. Here, we propose a truly deterministic quantum active-particle model with a nonunitary quantum walk as the minimal model of quantum active matter. We aim to reproduce results obtained previously with classical active Brownian particles; that is, a Brownian particle, with finite energy take-up, becomes active and climbs up a potential wall. We realize such a system with nonunitary quantum walks. We introduce new internal states, the ground state $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and the excited state $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ , and a new nonunitary operator $${{N} (g)}$$ N ( g ) for an asymmetric transition between $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ . The non-Hermiticity parameter $${g}$$ promotes the transition to the excited state; hence, the particle takes up energy from the environment. For our quantum active particle, we successfully observe that the movement of the quantum walker becomes more active in a nontrivial manner as we increase the non-Hermiticity parameter $${g}$$ ( g ) , which is similar to the classical active Brownian particle. We also observe three unique features of quantum walks, namely, ballistic propagation of peaks in one dimension, the walker staying on the constant energy plane in two dimensions, and oscillations originating from the resonant transition between the ground state $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and the excited state $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ both in one and two dimensions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2ffea596316c415fbc981d754ab365022025-02-09T12:38:00ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-11-0114111410.1038/s41598-024-78986-zProposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walkManami Yamagishi0Naomichi Hatano1Hideaki Obuse2The University of Tokyo, Department of PhysicsThe University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial ScienceThe University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial ScienceAbstract The main aim of the present paper is to define an active particle in a quantum framework as a minimal model of quantum active matter and investigate the differences and similarities of quantum and classical active matter. Although the field of active matter has been expanding, most research has been conducted on classical systems. Here, we propose a truly deterministic quantum active-particle model with a nonunitary quantum walk as the minimal model of quantum active matter. We aim to reproduce results obtained previously with classical active Brownian particles; that is, a Brownian particle, with finite energy take-up, becomes active and climbs up a potential wall. We realize such a system with nonunitary quantum walks. We introduce new internal states, the ground state $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and the excited state $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ , and a new nonunitary operator $${{N} (g)}$$ N ( g ) for an asymmetric transition between $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ . The non-Hermiticity parameter $${g}$$ promotes the transition to the excited state; hence, the particle takes up energy from the environment. For our quantum active particle, we successfully observe that the movement of the quantum walker becomes more active in a nontrivial manner as we increase the non-Hermiticity parameter $${g}$$ ( g ) , which is similar to the classical active Brownian particle. We also observe three unique features of quantum walks, namely, ballistic propagation of peaks in one dimension, the walker staying on the constant energy plane in two dimensions, and oscillations originating from the resonant transition between the ground state $${|{\textrm{G}}\rangle }$$ | G ⟩ and the excited state $${|{\textrm{E}}\rangle }$$ | E ⟩ both in one and two dimensions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78986-z |
| spellingShingle | Manami Yamagishi Naomichi Hatano Hideaki Obuse Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk Scientific Reports |
| title | Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk |
| title_full | Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk |
| title_fullStr | Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk |
| title_short | Proposal of a quantum version of active particles via a nonunitary quantum walk |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-78986-z |
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