Equilibrium States in Open Quantum Systems

Rotter, Ingrid

doi:10.3390/e20060441

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Equilibrium States in Open Quantum Systems

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Rotter, Ingrid
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Rotter, I. (2018). Equilibrium States in Open Quantum Systems. Entropy, 20(6): 441. doi:10.3390/e20060441.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0001-F090-C

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The aim of this paper is to study the question of whether or not equilibrium states exist in open quantum systems that are embedded in at least two environments and are described by a non-Hermitian Hamilton operator H. The eigenfunctions of H contain the influence of exceptional points (EPs) and external mixing (EM) of the states via the environment. As a result, equilibrium states exist (far from EPs). They are different from those of the corresponding closed system. Their wavefunctions are orthogonal even though the Hamiltonian is non-Hermitian.