The Geometry of the Quantum Potential in Different Contexts

Davide Fiscaletti

Sisir Roy

Ignazio Francesco Licata, Davide Fiscaletti

Jincheng Zhang

This paper explores the application of quantum entanglement in the context of geometric topology, focusing on the design of a novel geometry-building system leveraging entanglement to generate highly predictable topological structures. We present a new algorithmic framework and preliminary results demonstrating the potential of this approach for computational validation and model prediction. The core claim centers on the utilization of entanglement to create topologically rich geometries, offering a fundamentally different approach to geometric modeling.

Jakob Wachsmuth, Stefan Teufel

We derive the effective Hamiltonian for a quantum system constrained to a submanifold (the constraint manifold) of configuration space (the ambient space) in the asymptotic limit, where the restoring forces tend to infinity. In contrast to earlier works, we consider, at the same time, the effects of variations in the constraining potential and the effects of interior and exterior geometry, which appear at different energy scales and, thus, provide a complete picture, which ranges over all interesting energy scales. We show that the leading order contribution to the effective Hamiltonian is the adiabatic potential given by an eigenvalue of the confining potential well known in the context of adiabatic quantum waveguides. At next to leading order, we see effects from the variation of the normal eigenfunctions in the form of a Berry connection. We apply our results to quantum waveguides and provide an example for the occurrence of a topological phase due to the geometry of a quantum wave circuit (i.e., a closed quantum waveguide).

Felipe S. Escórcio, Hermano Velten

By linearizing the hydrodynamic equations associated with the Madelung transformation in the context of Bohmian dynamics, we derive an effective metric for the phase perturbation around a background state. We show that the metric previously obtained previously by the same authors arises naturally as a particular case of a more general structure, in which the complete functional variation of the quantum potential is retained and external classical potentials can be incorporated. This generalization preserves the dependence of the quantum potential on the density and its spatial derivatives, generating additional terms that introduce dispersive corrections and act as sources in the effective Klein-Gordon equation. To organize these contributions, we introduce differential operators that separate the local sector responsible for the effective geometry from the corrections associated with the complete functional structure of the quantum potential. We identify the conditions under which these additional terms become negligible, recovering homogeneous propagation and the effective geometry for the Gaussian wave packet of a free particle.