Quantum Breaking of Elastic String

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.75.370MaRDI QIDQ4492306zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors L. S. Levitov, A. V. Shytov, A. Yu. Yakovets

Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406117

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Many-body theory; quantum Hall effect (81V70) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Abstract: Breaking of an atomic chain under stress is a collective many-particle tunneling phenomenon. We study classical dynamics in imaginary time by using conformal mapping technique, and derive an analytic formula for the probability of breaking. The result covers a broad temperature interval and interpolates between two regimes: tunneling and thermal activation. Also, we consider the breaking induced by an ultrasonic wave propagating in the chain, and propose to observe it in an STM experiment.

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