Dissipative transport in the localized regime
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Schenker, J (Michigan State University)
Tuesday 23 June 2015, 13:30-14:30 |
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Created: | 2015-06-30 15:37 |
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Collection: | Periodic and Ergodic Spectral Problems |
Publisher: | Isaac Newton Institute |
Copyright: | Schenker, J |
Language: | eng (English) |
Distribution: | World (downloadable) |
Explicit content: | No |
Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
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Abstract: | Co-author: Jürg Fröhlich (ETH)
A quantum particle moving in a strongly disordered random environment is known to be subject to Anderson localization, which results in the complete suppression of transport. However, localization can be broken by a small perturbation, such as thermal noise from the environment, resulting in diffusive motion for the particle. I will discuss this phenomenon in two models in which the Schroedinger equation for a particle in the strongly localized regime is perturbed by (1) a time dependent fluctuating random potential and (2) a Lindblad operator incorporating the interaction with a heat bath in the Markov approximation. In each case, it can be proved that diffusive motion results with a strictly positive and finite diffusion constant. Furthermore, the diffusion constant tends continuously to zero at a calculable rate, as the strength of the perturbation is taken to zero. (Partially based on joint work with J. Fröhlich.) |
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