Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1999-02-11
Annals of Physics 283, 175-231 (2000).
Physics
Condensed Matter
46 pages, 6 figures, 4 Tables. To be published in Annals of Physics. Appendix F improved
Scientific paper
10.1006/aphy.2000.6052
We make the first steps towards a generic theory for energy spreading and quantum dissipation. The Wall formula for the calculation of friction in nuclear physics and the Drude formula for the calculation of conductivity in mesoscopic physics can be regarded as two special results of the general formulation. We assume a time-dependent Hamiltonian $H(Q,P;x(t))$ with $x(t)=Vt$, where $V$ is slow in a classical sense. The rate-of-change $V$ is not necessarily slow in the quantum-mechanical sense. Dissipation means an irreversible systematic growth of the (average) energy. It is associated with the stochastic spreading of energy across levels. The latter can be characterized by a transition probability kernel $P_t(n|m)$ where $n$ and $m$ are level indices. This kernel is the main object of the present study. In the classical limit, due to the (assumed) chaotic nature of the dynamics, the second moment of $P_t(n|m)$ exhibits a crossover from ballistic to diffusive behavior. We define the $V$ regimes where either perturbation theory or semiclassical considerations are applicable in order to establish this crossover in the quantal case. In the limit $\hbar\to 0$ perturbation theory does not apply but semiclassical considerations can be used in order to argue that there is detailed correspondence, during the crossover time. In the perturbative regime there is a lack of such correspondence. Namely, $P_t(n|m)$ is characterized by a perturbative core-tail structure that persists during the crossover time. In spite of this lack of (detailed) correspondence there may be still a restricted correspondence as far as the second-moment is concerned. Such restricted correspondence is essential in order to establish the universal fluctuation-dissipation relation.
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