Generalized Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield Kinetic Equations

Details Generalized Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield Kinetic Equations Generalized Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield Kinetic Equations

2011-05-17

arxiv.org/abs/1105.3317v2

Magnetic resonance and related phenomena. Extended abstracts of the XXVII-th Congress Ampere, Kazan, 235-236 (1994)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Keywords: Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield kinetic equations, spin-relaxation, 17 pages

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We present a compact and general derivation of the generalized Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield kinetic equations for systems with the static spin Hamiltonian utilizing the concept of the Liouville space. We show that the assumptions of short correlation times and large heat capacity of the lattice are sufficient to derive the kinetic equations without the use of perturbation theory for the spin-lattice interaction operator. The perturbation theory is only applied for calculation of the kinetic coefficients, for which we obtain general and compact expressions. We argue that kinetic equations for the density matrix elements are not essential for derivation of the generalized Bloch-Wangsness-Redfield equations for the expectation values of any set of physical quantities, and the latter may be obtained directly under the weak assumptions of mutual orthogonality and completeness. We show that existence of a unity operator in the algebra of spin operators is a necessary condition for convergence of the spin subsystem to thermodynamic equilibrium with the temperature equal to that of the lattice. Finally, as an application of the general theory, we discuss some features of spin relaxation in heterogeneous systems for I=1/2.

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