Time evolution techniques for detectors in relativistic quantum information
David Edward Bruschi, Antony R. Lee, Ivette Fuentes · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical · 2013
Abstract. The techniques employed to solve the interaction of a detector and a quantum field commonly require perturbative methods. We introduce mathematical techniques to solve the time evolution of an arbitrary number of detectors interacting with a quantum field moving in space-time while using non-perturbative methods. Our techniques apply to harmonic oscillator detectors and can be generalised to treat detectors modelled by quantum fields. Since the interaction Hamiltonian we introduce is quadratic in creation and annihilation operators, we are able to draw from continuous variable techniques commonly employed in quantum optics. PACS numbers: 03.67.-a, 04.62.+v, 42.50.Xa, 42.50.Dv 1.