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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 99, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.038302
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We study the effects of dissipation on photoisomerization (PI). The result suggests the existence of two types of environment depending on whether it entangles with the molecule. With entanglement there is a quantum phase transition between a state where PI persists, to a state where PI is quenched by the environment. Without entanglement, the environment only quantitatively modifies the PI behavior. We discuss the relevance of our results to a recent STM experiment, and predict the signature of the quantum phase transition in optical absorption spectra.
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