Moving Detector Quantum Walk with Random Relocation

Quantum Physics [Submitted on 4 Apr 2026] Moving Detector Quantum Walk with Random Relocation Md Aquib Molla, Sanchari Goswami We study a discrete-time quantum walk in presence of a detector at x_D initially. The detector here is repeatedly removed after a span of t_R, the removal time, and reinserted at random locations. Two relocation rules are considered here: In Model~1, the detector is reinserted at any site beyond x_D, while in Model~2, reinsertion is done within a restricted window around the position of the detector at that time. Both variants behave like Semi Infinite Walk (SIW) for large t_R, where the detector behaves effectively as a fixed boundary. However, in the rapid-relocation regime, i.e., when t_R is small, the behaviours are different. Model~1 permits greater spreading due to unrestricted reinsertion, which is different from Model~2. The time evolution of occupation probability ratio of our walker to that of an infinite walker at x_D, i.e., f(x_D,t)/f_\infty(x_D,t), initially show the feature of a SIW upto t=t_R, then show some oscillatory behaviour and finally reach a saturation value for both the models. The ratio enhancing under certain conditions of x_D and t_R, is a purely quantum mechanical effect. The saturation ratio shows a crossover behavior below and above a removal time t_R^*. At sites x \neq x_D the occupation probablity ratios at a certain time reveals that for small t_R, the behaviours of the two models are drastically different from each other, as well as from Semi Infinite Walk (SIW), Quenched Quantum Walk (QQW) and Moving Detector Quantum Walk (MDQW). The correlation ratios of the two models with that of Infinite Walk (IW) show interesting time dependence for sites to the left or right of the initial detector position x_D. Comments: 8 pages, 7 figures Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) Cite as: arXiv:2604.03593 [quant-ph]   (or arXiv:2604.03593v1 [quant-ph] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.03593 Focus to learn more Submission history From: Sanchari Goswami [view email] [v1] Sat, 4 Apr 2026 05:12:34 UTC (170 KB) Access Paper: HTML (experimental) view license Current browse context: quant-ph < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-04 Change to browse by: cond-mat cond-mat.stat-mech physics physics.comp-ph physics.ins-det References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)