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hep-th2026

On the relaxation dynamics of non-equilibrium quantum systems

Matthias Carosi, Björn Garbrecht, Silvia Pla +2

We investigate the relaxation of an approximately conserved charge in interacting quantum systems close to local equilibrium. To this end, we provide a pedagogical review of Zubare…

hep-th2026

Zero-damped modes of near-extremal Reissner--Nordström black holes from exact WKB

Prisco Lo Chiatto, Sebastian Schenk, Nils Wagner +1

The late-time ringdown dynamics of near-extremal black holes (BHs) are expected to be dominated by zero-damped modes (ZDMs), whose decay rates are parametrically suppressed relativ…

hep-th2025

Instantons meet resonances: Unifying two seemingly distinct approaches to quantum tunneling

Björn Garbrecht, Nils Wagner

In the study of quantum-mechanical tunneling processes, numerous approaches have been developed to determine the decay rate of states initially confined within a metastable potenti…

hep-th2025

Path integral analysis of Schrödinger-type eigenvalue problems in the complex plane: Establishing the relation between instantons and resonant states

Björn Garbrecht, Nils Wagner

Schrödinger-type eigenvalue problems are ubiquitous in theoretical physics, with quantum-mechanical applications typically confined to cases for which the eigenfunctions are requir…

hep-th2024★ 6 cited

False vacuum decay of excited states in finite-time instanton calculus

Björn Garbrecht, Nils Wagner

Extracting information about a system's metastable ground state energy employing functional methods usually hinges on utilizing the late-time behavior of the Euclidean propagator,…