Physical review. B, Condensed matter
Symmetry-breaking transition in a two-level system coupled to an Ohmic bath: A squeezed-state approach
Biswadeb Dutta, A. M. Jayannavar
Abstract
Displaced squeezed states are proposed as variational ground states for phonons (Bose fields) coupled to two-level systems (spin systems). We have investigated the zero-temperature phase diagram for the localization-delocalization transition of a tunneling particle interacting with an Ohmic heat bath. Our results are compared with known existing approximate treatments. A modified phase diagram using the displaced squeezed state is presented.