Quantum Breaking of Elastic String

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dc.creatorLevitov, L. S.
dc.creatorShytov, A. V.
dc.creatorYakovets, A. Yu.
dc.date1994-06-29
dc.date1994-08-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:31:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:31:44Z
dc.descriptionBreaking 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.
dc.description8 pages, RevTeX 3.0, Landau Institute preprint 261/6438
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406117
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9406117
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 77, 370 (1995)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.370
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/158567
dc.subjectCondensed Matter
dc.titleQuantum Breaking of Elastic String
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