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Quantum critical phenomena in heat transport via a two-state system

arXiv:1809.03688 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.245412

Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the quantum critical behavior in heat transport via a two-state system with sub-ohmic reservoirs. We calculate the temperature dependence of the thermal conductance near the quantum phase transition via the continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo method and discuss its critical exponents. We also propose a superconducting circuit to realize the sub-ohmic spin-boson model that can be used to observe quantum critical phenomena.

8 pages, 6 figures