Abstract
The dynamics of -site, -particle Bose-Hubbard systems is described in quantum phase space constructed in terms of generalized coherent states. These states have a special significance for these systems as they describe fully condensed states. Based on the differential algebra developed by Gilmore, we derive an explicit evolution equation for the (generalized) Husimi and Glauber-Sudarshan distributions. Most remarkably, these evolution equations turn out to be second-order differential equations where the second-order terms scale as with the particle number. For large the evolution reduces to a (classical) Liouvillian dynamics. The phase-space approach thus provides a distinguished instrument to explore the mean-field many-particle crossover. In addition, the thermodynamic Bloch equation is analyzed using similar techniques.
- Received 14 January 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043631
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