Spin dynamics in tunneling decay of a metastable state

Dynamics within metastable states in a mean-field spin glass

In this letter we present a dynamical study of the structure of metastable states (corresponding to TAP solutions) in a mean-field spin–glass model. After reviewing known results of the statical approach, we use dynamics: starting from an initial condition thermalized at a temperature between the statical and the dynamical transition temperatures, we are able to study the relaxational dynamics ...

Decay of a discrete state into a continuum (tunneling)

Mechanisms and dynamics of the metastable decay in Ar2+.

A detailed experimental as well as theoretical investigation of the properties of the metastable dissociation Ar2+ --> Ar+ + Ar is presented. The mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy (MIKE) scan technique has been performed using a three sector field mass spectrometer. The possible mechanisms of the metastability of Ar2+ have been examined and the observed decay process is assigned to the II(1/2)(u...

Transition state theory for wave packet dynamics: I. Thermal decay in metastable Schrödinger systems

We demonstrate the application of transition state theory to wave packet dynamics in metastable Schrödinger systems which are approached by means of a variational ansatz for the wavefunction and whose dynamics is described within the framework of a time-dependent variational principle. The application of classical transition state theory, which requires knowledge of a classical Hamilton functio...

Projected Dynamics for Metastable Decay in Ising Models

The magnetization switching dynamics in the kinetic Ising model is projected onto a one-dimensional absorbing Markov chain. The resulting projected dynamics reproduces the direct simulation results with great accuracy. A scheme is proposed to utilize simulation data for small systems to obtain the metastable lifetime for large systems and/or for very weak magnetic elds, for which direct simulat...