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Area of Science:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistical physics
  • Condensed matter theory

Background:

  • Understanding the quantum-to-classical transition is crucial in many physical systems.
  • Coupling to an environment (dissipation and decoherence) plays a key role in this crossover.
  • Accurate numerical methods are needed to study these complex dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a hybrid approach combining phenomenological and numerically exact methods.
  • To investigate the quantum-to-classical crossover in open quantum systems.
  • To establish a reliable method for extending the timescale of quantum dynamics simulations.

Main Methods:

  • Combining the non-Hermitian Liouville-von Neumann equation (LvNE) approach with path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations.
  • Studying a model system of two coupled two-level systems.
  • Systematically varying the coupling strength to the environment.

Main Results:

  • The study demonstrates a successful integration of the LvNE and PIMC methods.
  • The parameter range for the satisfactory performance of the LvNE approach was estimated.
  • A method for extrapolating numerically exact PIMC results to longer times was established.

Conclusions:

  • The hybrid LvNE-PIMC approach provides a powerful tool for studying open quantum systems.
  • This method facilitates the investigation of the quantum-to-classical crossover.
  • The developed technique enables accurate long-time simulations of quantum dynamics.