Semilinear Response

dc.creatorWilkinson, Michael
dc.creatorMehlig, Bernhard
dc.creatorCohen, Doron
dc.date2005-12-04
dc.date2006-09-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:53:07Z
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dc.descriptionWe discuss the response of a quantum system to a time-dependent perturbation with spectrum Φ(ω). This is characterised by a rate constant D describing the diffusion of occupation probability between levels. We calculate the transition rates by first-order perturbation theory, so that multiplying Φ(ω) by a constant λchanges the diffusion constant to λD. However, we discuss circumstances where this linearity does notextend to the function space of intensities, so that if intensities Φ_i(ω) yield diffusion constants D_i, then the intensity \sum_i Φ_i(ω) does not result in a diffusion constant \sum_i D_i. This `semilinear' response can occur in the absorption of radiation by small metal particles.
dc.description7 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512070
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0512070
dc.identifierEurophysics Letters 75, 709 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1209/epl/i2006-10182-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/105475
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleSemilinear Response
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