NONLINEAR RESPONSE OF A DISSIPATIVE BLOCH PARTICLE IN AN OSCILLATING FIELD

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作者
CHEN, YC [1 ]
LEBOWITZ, JL [1 ]
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[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT MATH,NEW BRUNSWICK,NJ 08903
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3559
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the Caldeira-Leggett model of a particle coupled to a heat bath moving in a periodic cosine potential. In the limit of small viscosity we obtain an integral equation for the nonlinear response of the system to a constant or a slowly oscillating field. The equation is derived by a resummation of the infinite series expansion in the strength of the cosine potential. When solved via a self-consistent approximation it gives an analytic expression for the response function. Applications to Josephson junctions driven by a low-frequency source are discussed.
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