Quantum decay of a metastable state in a spin system
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 42 (1) , 992-993
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.42.992
Abstract
The finite-temperature transition probability of a spin system from a metastable state has been calculated including a preexponential factor. The method of calculation is based on exact correspondence between the spin system and a particle moving in a nonsymmetric double well.Keywords
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