Collective quantum tunneling with time-dependent generator coordinate method
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| author | Deng, Wenmin Chen, Guangping Ding, Ganlong Wang, Sibo Peng, Jing Liang, Haozhao |
| author_facet | Deng, Wenmin Chen, Guangping Ding, Ganlong Wang, Sibo Peng, Jing Liang, Haozhao |
| contents | Inspired by the work of McGlynn and Simenel [Phys. Rev. C {\bf 102}, 064614 (2020)], this study investigates the quantum tunneling of two interacting distinguishable particles in two potential wells. We first benchmark the system by reproducing key established results: the exact quantum solution and the spurious self-trapping effect that arises in the real-time mean-field dynamics for strong interactions. To exactly capture the tunneling dynamics, we apply the time-dependent generator coordinate method (TDGCM) to the model. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the TDGCM, by utilizing the real-time mean-field states as generator states, successfully overcomes the self-trapping effect, yielding tunneling dynamics in excellent agreement with the exact solution. Furthermore, we explore the expectation values of the generator coordinates from the correlated TDGCM many-body wave function. While different methods for calculating expectation values show consistent results in some cases, significant discrepancies are observed in others, providing critical insights into the emergence of collective and single-particle behaviors in interacting systems. This work also verifies the TDGCM as a robust framework for describing collective quantum tunneling and opens avenues for its application to more complex and realistic systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Collective quantum tunneling with time-dependent generator coordinate method Deng, Wenmin Chen, Guangping Ding, Ganlong Wang, Sibo Peng, Jing Liang, Haozhao Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics Inspired by the work of McGlynn and Simenel [Phys. Rev. C {\bf 102}, 064614 (2020)], this study investigates the quantum tunneling of two interacting distinguishable particles in two potential wells. We first benchmark the system by reproducing key established results: the exact quantum solution and the spurious self-trapping effect that arises in the real-time mean-field dynamics for strong interactions. To exactly capture the tunneling dynamics, we apply the time-dependent generator coordinate method (TDGCM) to the model. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the TDGCM, by utilizing the real-time mean-field states as generator states, successfully overcomes the self-trapping effect, yielding tunneling dynamics in excellent agreement with the exact solution. Furthermore, we explore the expectation values of the generator coordinates from the correlated TDGCM many-body wave function. While different methods for calculating expectation values show consistent results in some cases, significant discrepancies are observed in others, providing critical insights into the emergence of collective and single-particle behaviors in interacting systems. This work also verifies the TDGCM as a robust framework for describing collective quantum tunneling and opens avenues for its application to more complex and realistic systems. |
| title | Collective quantum tunneling with time-dependent generator coordinate method |
| topic | Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01906 |