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arXiv:2005.04462 · Physical Review Research

Effects of disorder and interactions in environment assisted quantum transport

Elinor Zerah-Harush, Yonatan Dubi

Published Jun 5, 2020• 39 citations
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Abstract

The authors propose a universal mechanism for the environment-assisted quantum transport effect - where the interaction with an external environment Increases the transport efficiency of quantum particles - and show that it is different from a competition between Anderson localization and a Zeno effect
DOI
10.1103/physrevresearch.2.023294

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