A Monte Carlo approach for the real time dynamics of tunneling systems in condensed phases
- 15 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 79 (12) , 6277-6281
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.445732
Abstract
A Monte Carlo method for evaluating real time path integrals is proposed. We study two-level tunneling systems coupled to many body environments. A dynamical correlation function for a model of quantum coherence shows a plateau indicative of the localization effects of damping.Keywords
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