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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics and physical chemistry
  • Computational condensed matter physics
  • Theoretical chemistry

Background:

  • Steady states are crucial for understanding equilibrium and non-equilibrium open quantum systems.
  • Accurate evaluation requires rigorous treatment of system-bath interactions, often achieved through the hierarchical equations-of-motion (HEOM) formalism.
  • Solving HEOM steady states is computationally demanding due to the large number of dynamical quantities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an efficient computational method for solving steady states within the HEOM framework.
  • To enable accurate and fast calculations of steady-state properties for open quantum systems.
  • To demonstrate the method's efficacy on a relevant biophysical system.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction of a novel self-consistent iteration approach for solving HEOM steady states.
  • Application of the method to a model Fenna-Matthews-Olson (FMO) pigment-protein complex.
  • Numerical evaluation of thermal equilibrium properties, including Rényi entropies and emission line shapes.

Main Results:

  • The proposed self-consistent iteration method significantly accelerates the computation of HEOM steady states.
  • High accuracy was achieved in evaluating low-temperature thermal equilibrium properties of the FMO complex.
  • Detailed analysis of thermal equilibrium Rényi entropies and stationary emission line shapes was performed.

Conclusions:

  • The self-consistent iteration approach provides an efficient and accurate solution for HEOM steady-state calculations.
  • This method facilitates the study of complex open quantum systems and their equilibrium properties.
  • The findings enable precise investigations into quantum dissipation and nonlinear response phenomena.