Two-bath spin-boson model: Phase diagram and critical properties
Abstract
The spin-boson model, describing a two-level system coupled to a bath of harmonic oscillators, is a generic model for quantum dissipation, with manifold applications. It has also been studied as a simple example for an impurity quantum phase transition. Here we present a detailed study of a U(1)-symmetric two-bath spin-boson model, where two different components of an SU(2) spin 1/2 are coupled to separate dissipative baths. Non-trivial physics arises from the competition of the two dissipation channels, resulting in a variety of phases and quantum phase transitions. We employ a combination of analytical and numerical techniques to determine the properties of both the stable phases and the quantum critical points. In particular, we find a critical intermediate-coupling phase which is bounded by a continuous quantum phase transition which violates the quantum-to-classical correspondence.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1410.3821,
title = {Two-bath spin-boson model: Phase diagram and critical properties},
author = {Benedikt Bruognolo and Andreas Weichselbaum and Cheng Guo and Jan von Delft and Imke Schneider and Matthias Vojta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3821},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
22 pages, 20 figs