Non-Markovian Equilibration Controlled by Symmetry Breaking
arXiv:1301.5624 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.184302
Abstract
We study the effects of symmetry breaking on non-Markovian dynamics in various system-bath arrangements. It is shown that by breaking certain symmetries features signaling non-Markovian time evolution disappear within a finite time t_{g}. We demonstrate numerically that the scaling of t_{g} with the symmetry breaking strength is different for various types of symmetry. We provide a mathematical explanation for these differences related to the spectrum of the total system-bath Hamiltonian and provide arguments that the scaling properties of t_{g} should be universal.
12 pages, 9 figures, (incl. supp. mat) spectral arguments about universality moved to main text and expanded at request of referee, supp. mat expanded significantly
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