Abstract
We use the adaptive time-dependent density matrix renormalization group method (t-DMRG) to study the nonequilibrium dynamics of a benchmark quantum impurity system which has a time-dependent Hamiltonian. This model is a resonant-level model, obtained by a mapping from a certain Ohmic spin-boson model describing the dissipative Landau-Zener transition. We map the resonant-level model onto a Wilson chain, then calculate the time-dependent occupation of the resonant level. We compare t-DMRG results with exact results at zero temperature and find very good agreement. We also give a physical interpretation of the numerical results.
- Received 17 November 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.79.115137
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