title: Quantum oscillations without quantum coherence.
abstract: We study numerically the damping of quantum oscillations and the dynamics of the density matrix in model many-spin systems decohered by a spin bath. We show that oscillations of some density matrix elements can persist with considerable amplitude long after other elements, along with the entropy, have come close to saturation, i.e., when the system has been decohered almost completely. The oscillations exhibit very slow decay, and may be observable in experiments.
authors.affiliation: Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Dobrovitski
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: De Raedt
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Katsnelson
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Harmon