Dissipation of classical energy in nonlinear quantum systems |
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Authors: | Pereverzev Andrey Pereverzev Yuriy V Prezhdo Oleg V |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA. andrey.pereverzev@mail.uh.edu |
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Abstract: | We show using two simple nonlinear quantum systems that the infinite set of quantum dynamical variables, as introduced in quantized Hamilton dynamics [O. V. Prezhdo and Y. V. Pereverzev, J. Chem. Phys. 113, 6557 (2000)], behave as a thermostat with respect to the finite number of classical variables. The coherent classical component of the evolution decays by coupling to the chaotic quantum reservoir. The classical energy, understood as the part of system energy expressible through the average values of coordinates and momenta, is transferred to the quantum energy expressible through the higher moments of coordinates and momenta and other quantum variables. At long times, the classical variables reach equilibrium, and the classical energy fluctuates around the equilibrium value. These phenomena are illustrated with the exactly solvable Jaynes-Cummings model and a nonlinear oscillator. |
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