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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tunneling Systems in Condensed Phases: Quantum Dynamical Monte Carlo and Analytical Theories
Abstract
dc:descriptionA Monte Carlo method for the evaluation of real time path integrals at finite temperatures is proposed. The technique is applied to two level tunneling systems coupled to many body environments, models for electron transfer and for the quantum coherence phenomenon in Josephson junctions. A dynamical correlation function for the latter shows a plateau indicative of the localization effects of damping.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Chemical Engineering
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Behrman, Elizabeth Colden
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8521716
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77310