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Revival patterns for Dirac cat states in a constant magnetic field

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Considering the parity symmetry related to the Dirac equation, the interplay between energy localization and the temporal evolution of parity-defined quantum superpositions is investigated for fermions in a magnetic field.… Click to show full abstract

Considering the parity symmetry related to the Dirac equation, the interplay between energy localization and the temporal evolution of parity-defined quantum superpositions is investigated for fermions in a magnetic field. The unitary evolution of Dirac cat states is obtained by initializing either even or odd principal quantum numbers in the equivalent harmonic oscillator basis in relativistic Landau levels. Quantum operators feature well-defined selection rules for states thus identified, exhibiting a permanent revival structure. Our analysis is specialized for the survival probability function and for the expectation values of spinor matrix operators, which are identified as quantifiers of spin-parity correlations encoded in Dirac bispinors. In such a context, the time evolving quantum state also imprints a signature on the energy expansion. Namely, frequencies associated with revivals are doubled for each revival order, being observed up to a so-called super revival time scale. Results show that Dirac cat states exhibit a fractional revival structure, which works as a probe of suppressions and regenerations of intrinsic correlations driven by the discrete spin-parity degrees of freedom of Dirac bispinors.

Keywords: dirac cat; magnetic field; parity; cat states; revival

Journal Title: Physical Review A
Year Published: 2023

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