1212.2678 (Lingzhen Guo et al.)

Quantum critical temperature of a modulated oscillator    [PDF]

Lingzhen Guo, Vittorio Peano, M. Marthaler, M. I. Dykman

We show that the rate of switching between the vibrational states of a modulated nonlinear oscillator is characterized by a quantum critical temperature $T_c\propto\hbar^2$. The rate is independent of $T$ for $TView original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.2678