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DTSTART:20131119T110000Z
DTEND:20131119T120000Z
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URL:http://www.lptms.universite-paris-saclay.fr/seminars/seminaire-du-lptm
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SUMMARY:Séminaire du LPTMS: Thomas Barthel - LPTMS\, salle 201\, 2ème ét
 age\, Bât 100\, Campus d'Orsay - 19 Nov 13 11:00
DESCRIPTION:Algebraic versus exponential decoherence in dissipative many-pa
 rticle systems\nThomas Barthel\, LPTMS\nUltimately\, every quantum system 
 of interest is coupled to some form of environment which leads to decohere
 nce. Until our recent study\, it was assumed that\, as long as the environ
 ment is memory-less (i.e. Markovian)\, the temporal coherence decay is alw
 ays exponential -- to a degree that this behavior was synonymously associa
 ted with decoherence.\nHowever\, the situation can change if the system it
 self is a many-body system. In this case\, the interplay between dissipati
 on and internal interactions gives rise to a wealth of novel phenomena. In
  particular\, the coherence decay can change to a power law.\nAfter recapi
 tulating the mathematical framework and basic notions of decoherence\, I w
 ill discuss an open XXZ chain for which the decoherence time diverges in t
 he thermodynamic limit. The coherence decay is then algebraic instead of e
 xponential. In contrast\, decoherence in the open transverse-field Ising m
 odel is found to be always exponential. In this case\, the internal intera
 ctions can both facilitate and impede the environment-induced decoherence.
  The results are based on quasi-exact simulations using the time-dependent
  density matrix renormalization group (tDMRG) and explained on the basis o
 f perturbative treatments.\nReference: Z. Cai and T. Barthel\, PRL 111\, 1
 50403 (2013)
LOCATION:LPTMS\, salle 201\, 2ème étage\, Bât 100\, Campus d'Orsay\, 15 
 Rue Georges Clemenceau\, Orsay\, 91405\, France
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