Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of a particle coupled to dissipative environments
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-07 v2
Abstract
The amplitude of the Bohm-Aharonov oscillations of a particle moving around a ring threaded by a magnetic flux and coupled to different dissipative environments is studied. The decay of the oscillations when increasing the radius of the ring is shown to depend on the spatial features of the coupling. When the environment is modelled by the Caldeira-Leggett bath of oscillators, or the particle is coupled by the Coulomb potential to a dirty electron gas, interference effects are suppressed beyond a finite length, even at zero temperature. A finite renormalization of the Aharonov-Bohm oscillations is found for other models of the environment.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0112099,
title = {Aharonov-Bohm oscillations of a particle coupled to dissipative environments},
author = {F. Guinea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0112099},
year = {2009}
}
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