Wave-Particle Duality of Many-Body Quantum States
We formulate a general theory of wave-particle duality for many-body quantum states, which quantifies how wavelike and particlelike properties balance each other. Much as in the well-understood single-particle case, which-way information—here, on the level of many-particle paths—lends particle chara...
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American Physical Society
2021
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| Sumario: | We formulate a general theory of wave-particle duality for many-body quantum states, which quantifies how wavelike and particlelike properties balance each other. Much as in the well-understood single-particle case, which-way information—here, on the level of many-particle paths—lends particle character, while interference—here, due to coherent superpositions of many-particle amplitudes—indicates wavelike properties. We analyze how many-particle which-way information, continuously tunable by the level of distinguishability of fermionic or bosonic, identical and possibly interacting particles, constrains interference contributions to many-particle observables and thus controls the quantum-to-classical transition in many-particle quantum systems. The versatility of our theoretical framework is illustrated for Hong-Ou-Mandel-like and Bose-Hubbard-like exemplary settings. |
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