Effect of rare fluctuations on the thermalization of isolated quantum systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 25, 2010, Pages

  Biroli, Giulio ^a   Kollath, Corinna ^b   Läuchli, Andreas M ^c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUBBARD MODEL;

BOSE HUBBARD MODEL; DENSITY MATRIX; EXPECTATION VALUES; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; INTEGRABLE MODELS; PARAMETER CHANGES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; THERMALIZATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 78650101606     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.250401     Document Type: Article

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