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Experimental study of the validity of quantitative conditions in the quantum adiabatic theorem.
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PMID:  18764440     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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The quantum adiabatic theorem plays an important role in quantum mechanics. However, counter-examples were produced recently, indicating that their transition probabilities do not converge as predicted by the adiabatic theorem [K. P. Marzlin et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 160408 (2004); D. M. Tong et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 110407 (2005)]. For a special class of Hamiltonians, we examine the standard criterion for adiabatic evolution experimentally and theoretically, as well as three newly suggested adiabatic conditions. We show that the standard criterion is neither sufficient nor necessary.
Authors:
Jiangfeng Du; Lingzhi Hu; Ya Wang; Jianda Wu; Meisheng Zhao; Dieter Suter
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Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-08-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  101     ISSN:  0031-9007     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2008 Aug 
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Created Date:  2008-09-03     Completed Date:  2008-09-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  060403     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China. djf@ustc.edu.cn
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