The effect of inelastic processes on tunneling
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We study an electron that interacts with phonons or other linear or nonlinear excitations as it resonantly tunnels. The method we use is based on mapping a many-body problem in a large variational space exactly onto a onebody problem. The method is conceptually simpler than previous Green’s function approaches, and allows the essentially exact numerical solution of much more general problems. We solve tunneling problems with transverse channels, multiple sites coupled to phonons, and multiple phonon degrees of freedom and excitations. PACS–73.40.Gk, 71.38.+i, 73.50.Fq, 73.50.Bk Typeset using REVTEX
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