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Reversal of relaxation due to dephasing environment

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

We show that any finite quantum system SS can be coupled to a dephasing environment in such a way that the internal mechanism responsible for relaxation of observables acting on SS can be effectively canceled. By adjusting this coupling, the difference between the initial and the long--time expectation values of any observable on SS can be tuned to arbitrarily small however nonzero value. This statement is exemplified and visualized by numerical studies of relaxation in a generic one-dimensional system of interacting fermions.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03618,
  title  = {Reversal of relaxation due to dephasing environment},
  author = {Marcin Mierzejewski and Janez Bonca and Jerzy Dajka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03618},
  year   = {2015}
}