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Diffusion in disordered systems under iterative measurement

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We consider a sequence of idealized measurements of time-separation Δt\Delta t onto a discrete one-dimensional disordered system. A connection with Markov chains is found. For a rapid sequence of measurements, a diffusive regime occurs and the diffusion coefficient DD is analytically calculated. In a general point of view, this result suggests the possibility to break the Anderson localization due to decoherence effects. Quantum Zeno effect emerges because the diffusion coefficient DD vanishes at the limit Δt0\Delta t \to 0.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904044,
  title  = {Diffusion in disordered systems under iterative measurement},
  author = {J. C. Flores},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904044},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 0 figures, LATEX. accepted in Phys.Rev.B