On the equilibrium state of a small system with random matrix coupling to its environment

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/26/265201zbMATH Open1318.15021OpenAlexW2962946495MaRDI QIDQ5262192FDOQ5262192

Authors: Joel Lebowitz, L. A. Pastur 

Publication date: 13 July 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider a random matrix model of interaction between a small $n$-level system, $S$, and its environment, a $N$-level heat reservoir, $R$. The interaction between $S$ and $R$ is modeled by a tensor product of a fixed $\mathrm{\%}nimesn$ matrix and a $NimesN$ hermitian Gaussian random matrix. We show that under certain "macroscopicity" conditions on $R$, the reduced density matrix of the system $h{o}_S=mathrm{Tr}_{R}h{o}_{ScupR}^{(eq)}$, is given by $$, where $H_S$ is the Hamiltonian of the isolated system. This holds for all strengths of the interaction and thus gives some justification for using $\mathrm{\%}h{o}_S^{(c)}$ to describe some nano-systems, like biopolymers, in equilibrium with their environment cite{Se:12}. Our results extend those obtained previously in cite{Le-Pa:03,Le-Co:07} for a special two-level system.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.05004

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zbMATH Keywords

random matricesGibbs distributionopen systemsbipolymers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Random matrices (probabilistic aspects) (60B20) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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