title: Strong coupling theory for driven tunneling and vibrational relaxation
abstract: We investigate on a unified basis tunneling and vibrational relaxation in driven dissipative multistable systems described by their N lowest lying unperturbed levels. By use of the discrete variable representation we derive a set of coupled non-Markovian master equations. We present analytical treatments that describe the dynamics in the regime of strong system-bath coupling. Our findings are corroborated by "ab initio" real-time path integral calculations.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Physik, Universitat Augsburg, Universitatsstrasse 1, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Thorwart
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authors.lastname: Grifoni
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authors.lastname: Hanggi