Quantum work statistics and coherence effects in quenched bosonic Josephson junctions

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21472v1
• Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:22:09 GMT
• Title: Quantum work statistics and coherence effects in quenched bosonic Josephson junctions
• Abstract summary: We investigate the non-equilibrium work statistics originating from a sudden quench in a bosonic Josephson junction.<n>For a junction in the ground state of the pre-quench Hamiltonian, we demonstrate that the work statistics are governed by a negative binomial distribution.<n>Even in the simplest case, when the junction is in a superposition of the ground and second excited states, the KDQ distribution of work exhibits negative or complex values.
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• Abstract: We investigate the non-equilibrium work statistics originating from a sudden quench in a bosonic Josephson junction. In particular, by employing the Holstein-Primakoff approximation, the work statistics are analytically characterized in the weak-interaction regime, where the dynamics map onto a time-dependent quantum harmonic oscillator. For a junction initialized in the ground state of the pre-quench Hamiltonian, we demonstrate that the work statistics are governed by a negative binomial distribution, as occurs in fully-connected models driven across a critical point. Furthermore, we also consider initial superposition states containing quantum coherences in the energy basis. To characterize the corresponding work distributions, we employ Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobabilities (KDQ). Even in the simplest case, when the junction is initialized in a superposition of the ground and second excited states, the KDQ distribution of work exhibits negative or complex values, reflecting non-classical features. Moreover, the coherence content of the initial state can be optimized to enhance the extractable work extracted from the quench, beyond classical bounds. Finally, we propose an experimental interferometric protocol to directly measure the characteristic function of the work distribution in experimentally accessible settings.

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