Fluctuations and Stochastic Processes in One-Dimensional Many-Body Quantum Systems
Hans Peter Stimming, Norbert J. Mauser, Jörg Schmiedmayer +1 more
We study the fluctuation properties of a one-dimensional many-body quantum system composed of interacting bosons and investigate the regimes where quantum noise or, respectively, thermal excitations are dominant. For the latter, we develop a semiclassical description of the fluctuation properties based on the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck stochastic process. As an illustration, we analyze the phase correlation functions and the full statistical distributions of the interference between two one-dimensional systems, either independent or tunnel-coupled, and compare with the Luttinger-liquid theory.
arXiv:0910.5337•Physical Review Letters•Jul 1, 2010•53 citations