Quantum-Classical Transition in Dissipative Double-Well Systems --A Numerical Study by a New Monte Carlo Scheme--
arXiv:cond-mat/0608105 · doi:10.1143/JPSJ.75.103002
Abstract
Thermodynamics of dissipative quantum systems with double-well potentials is studied by the path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) method without truncation to the two-state model. For efficient simulation at low temperatures, we develop a new scheme of local update based on approximate decomposition of the Boltzmann weight to the Gaussian distributions. Localization transition induced by ohmic dissipation is clarified numerically for arbitrary potential barriers.
4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to JPSJ letters