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Main Authors: Vertessen, Audrique, Verstraten, Robin C., Smith, Cristiane Morais
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10795
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author Vertessen, Audrique
Verstraten, Robin C.
Smith, Cristiane Morais
author_facet Vertessen, Audrique
Verstraten, Robin C.
Smith, Cristiane Morais
contents Quantum diffusion is a major topic in condensed-matter physics, and the Caldeira-Leggett model has been one of the most successful approaches to study this phenomenon. Here, we generalize this model by coupling the bath to the system through a Weyl fractional derivative. The Weyl fractional Langevin equation is then derived without imposing a non-Ohmic macroscopic spectral function for the bath. By investigating the short- and long-time behavior of the mean squared displacement (MSD), we show that this model is able to describe a large variety of anomalous diffusion. Indeed, we find ballistic, sub-ballistic, and super-ballistic behavior for short times, whereas for long times we find saturation, and sub- and super-diffusion.
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spellingShingle Dissipative systems fractionally coupled to a bath
Vertessen, Audrique
Verstraten, Robin C.
Smith, Cristiane Morais
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum diffusion is a major topic in condensed-matter physics, and the Caldeira-Leggett model has been one of the most successful approaches to study this phenomenon. Here, we generalize this model by coupling the bath to the system through a Weyl fractional derivative. The Weyl fractional Langevin equation is then derived without imposing a non-Ohmic macroscopic spectral function for the bath. By investigating the short- and long-time behavior of the mean squared displacement (MSD), we show that this model is able to describe a large variety of anomalous diffusion. Indeed, we find ballistic, sub-ballistic, and super-ballistic behavior for short times, whereas for long times we find saturation, and sub- and super-diffusion.
title Dissipative systems fractionally coupled to a bath
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.10795