2025/04/04 by Daniel Martínez-Gil, Martínez-Gil, Daniel, Pedro Bargueño +3
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Information and Cryptography
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2504.03344
In this work, we develop a system \it plus environment approach for interacting chiral molecules under a quantum-classical description of the spin-spin model using a Caldeira-Leggett-like coupling. After presenting the interacting model, we show that a long-ranged parity-nonconserving interaction, encoded within a non-linear Schrödinger equation, produces an energy difference between the two enantiomers of the central chiral molecule when it interacts with a chiral environment. Three examples of such interactions are considered, with particular focus on Z0-photon vacuum polarization. Finally, we reveal a \it chirality transmission effect phenomenon, where the time-averaged population difference of the central molecule is amplified when the chiral asymmetry of the environment is considered.