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Quantum aging in mean-field models

Condensed Matter 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We study the real-time dynamics of quantum models with long-range interactions coupled to a heat-bath within the closed-time path-integral formalism. We show that quantum fluctuations depress the transition temperature. In the subcritical region there are two asymptotic time-regimes with (i) stationary, and (ii) slow aging dynamics. We extend the quantum fluctuation-dissipation theorem to the nonequilibrium case in a consistent way with the notion of an effective temperature that drives the system in the aging regime. The classical results are recovered for 0\hbar\to 0.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712090,
  title  = {Quantum aging in mean-field models},
  author = {Leticia F. Cugliandolo and Gustavo Lozano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712090},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, Revtex, 3 figs. included