Thermodynamics of dissipative quantum systems by effective potential

Details Thermodynamics of dissipative quantum systems by effective potential Thermodynamics of dissipative quantum systems by effective potential

1997-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9701198v3

Phys. Rev. E 55, R4849 (1997)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 3 figures included by psfig (minor corrections in revised version)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.55.R4849

Classical-like formulas are given in order to evaluate thermal averages of observables belonging to a quantum nonlinear system with dissipation described by the Caldeira-Leggett model [Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 211 (1981); Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) 149, 374 (1983)]. The underlying scheme is the pure-quantum self-consistent harmonic approximation, which leads to expressions with a Boltzmann factor involving an effective potential and with a Gaussian average. The latter describes the effect of the fluctuations of purely quantum origin. As an illustration we calculate the coordinate probability distribution for a double-well potential in the presence of various degrees of Ohmic dissipation.

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