Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5294–5297 (1998)Relationship between Quantum Decoherence Times and Solvation Dynamics in Condensed Phase Chemical SystemsReceived 1 April 1998; published in the issue dated 14 December 1998 A relationship between the time scales of quantum coherence loss and short-time solvent response for a solute/bath system is derived for a Gaussian wave packet approximation for the bath. Decoherence and solvent response times are shown to be directly proportional to each other, with the proportionality coefficient given by the ratio of the thermal energy fluctuations to the fluctuations in the system-bath coupling. The relationship allows the prediction of decoherence times for condensed phase chemical systems from well-developed experimental methods. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5294
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.5294
PACS:
31.70.Dk, 42.50.Lc, 78.47.+p, 82.20.Wt
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