Stability of quantum breathers

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Feb 17;96(6):065501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.065501. Epub 2006 Feb 13.

Abstract

Using two methods we show that a quantized discrete breather in a 1D lattice is stable. One method uses path integrals and compares correlations for a (linear) local mode with those of the quantum breather. The other takes a local mode as the zeroth order system relative to which numerical, cutoff-insensitive diagonalization of the Hamiltonian is performed.