Dynamics of thermalization and decoherence of a nanoscale system
arXiv:1306.4986 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.130408
Abstract
We study the decoherence and thermalization dynamics of a nanoscale system coupled nonperturbatively to a fully quantum-mechanical bath. The system is prepared out of equilibrium in a pure state of the complete system. We propose a random matrix model and show analytically that there are two robust temporal regimes in the approach of the system to equilibrium --- an initial Gaussian decay followed by an exponential tail, consistent with numerical results on small interacting lattices [S. Genway, A.F. Ho and D.K.K. Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 260402 (2010)]. Furthermore, the system decays towards a Gibbs ensemble in accordance with the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis.
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