The Husimi distribution, the Wehrl entropy and the superradiant phase in spin-boson interactions

作者:del Real R*; Calixto M; Romera E
来源:Physica Scripta, 2013, T153: 014016.
DOI:10.1088/0031-8949/2013/T153/014016

摘要

We study the Husimi distribution of the ground state in the Dicke model of field-matter interactions to visualize the quantum phase transition, from normal to superradiant, in phase space. We follow an exact numerical and variational analysis, without making use of the usual Holstein-Primakoff approximation. We find that the Wehrl entropy of the Husimi distribution provides an indication of the sharp changes in symmetry through the critical point. Additionally, we note that the zeros of the Husimi distribution characterize the Dicke model quantum phase transition.

  • 出版日期2013-3