The Mpemba effect in quantum oscillating and two-level systems

Abstract

The Empemba effect (ME) is investigated in the context of ubiquitous quantum oscillating and two-level systems (TLS) using a novel approach (DOI 10.1088/1402-4896/ad97f1). Exact reduced density matrices for various initial states are derived. The temporal behavior of the trace distance for these initial states is calculated analytically and presented. For a dissipative quantum oscillating system, it is demonstrated that number states $|N\rangle$ intersect with coherent states $|\alpha\rangle$, with this intersection occurring earlier for smaller values of $N$. Additionally, thermal states intersect with coherent states for specific values of $|\alpha|$, leading to the occurrence of the ME in these two scenarios. A weaker version of the ME is also observed for thermal and number states. In the case of a quantum TLS, it is shown that the ME effect occurs, and the potential for its realization and experimental observation is discussed, with reference to the Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) involving a decaying time-dependent coupling function.