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Victor Henner

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arXiv2026

Quantum vs. Classical Spin: A Comparative Study of Dipolar Spin Dynamics and the Onset of Chaos

We investigate the spin dynamics of a dipole-coupled system by comparing a direct solution of the Schrodinger equation for quantum spins with simulations of classical spins. Although classical spins have long been used in microscopic spin dynamics simulations, we demonstrate that their results differ significantly from those of quantum spins. Using Free Induction Decay as a benchmark, we find that while the overall patterns are qualitatively similar, significant discrepancies emerge at both short and long timescales. We trace these differences to fundamental distinctions in the two descriptions.

quant-ph↗
arXiv2020

Modeling evolution of composition patterns in a binary surface alloy

Evolution of composition patterns in the annealed, single-crystal surface alloy film is considered in the presence of the spinodal decomposition, the compositional stress and the diffusion anisotropy. While the former two effects contribute to overall phase separation, the anisotropy, correlated with the surface crystallographic orientation, guides the in-plane formation and orientation of a pattern. The impacts of the anisotropy parameters on patterns are systematically computed for [110], [100], and [111]-oriented fcc cubic alloy surfaces.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗
arXiv2020

Preserving unitarity for overlapping multichannel states: Breit-Wigner versus K matrix -- comparison, advantages and disadvantages

The K-matrix method is often used to describe overlapping resonances. It guarantees the unitarity of the scattering matrix but its parameters are not resonances masses and widths. It is also unclear how to separate resonant and background contributions and to describe background in terms of phase shifts. The Breit-Wigner (BW) approach operates with parameters having direct experimental meaning but a simple sum of the BW functions is not unitary. We show how to construct the unitary S-matrix by taking into account the interference of the BW functions. The method is simple and straightforward, background can be added to resonance amplitudes in the standard quantum mechanics form. In examples we give a comparison between the K-matrix and unitary BW-approaches.

hep-ph↗
arXiv2018

Morphologies, metastability and coarsening of quantum nanoislands on the surfaces of the annealed Ag(110) and Pb(111) thin films

Morphological evolution of heteroepitaxial nanoislands toward equilibrium (coarsening) is computed using the detailed continuum model that incorporates the quantum size effect. Results reveal the metastability of the "magic" heights, show the morphological transitions and the surface diffusion routes by which a quantum island reaches its stable height, and provide the coarsening laws for the island density and area, thus clarifying the kinetic morphology pathways in the growth of an ultrathin metal films.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci↗
arXiv2015

The quantum mechanics correspondence principle for spin systems and its application for some magnetic resonance problems

Problems of interacting quantum magnetic moments become exponentially complex with increasing number of particles. As a result, classical equations are often used but the validity of reduction of a quantum problem to a classical problem should be justified. In this paper we formulate the correspondence principle, which shows that the classical equations of motion for a system of dipole interacting spins have identical form with the quantum equations. The classical simulations based on the correspondence principle for spin systems provide a practical tool to study different macroscopic spin physics phenomena. Three classical magnetic resonance problems in solids are considered as examples - free induction decay (FID), spin echo and the Pake doublet.

quant-ph↗