Exact master equations for the non-Markovian decay of a qubit

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2010-02-10

arxiv.org/abs/1002.2172v1

Phys. Rev. A 81, 042103 (2010)

Physics

Quantum Physics

11 pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.81.042103

Exact master equations describing the decay of a two-state system into a structured reservoir are constructed. Employing the exact solution for the model we determine analytical expressions for the memory kernel of the Nakajima-Zwanzig master equation and for the generator of the corresponding time-convolutionless master equation. This approach allows a detailed investigation and comparison of the convergence behavior of the corresponding perturbation expansions. Moreover, we find that the structure of widely used phenomenological master equations with memory kernel may be incompatible with a non-perturbative treatment of the underlying microscopic model. We discuss several physical implications of our results on the microscopic analysis and the phenomenological modelling of non-Markovian quantum dynamics of open systems.

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