arXiv · cond-mat/0204372
Non-Markoffian effects of a simple nonlinear bath
Abstract
We analyze a model of a nonlinear bath consisting of a single two-level system coupled to a linear bath (a classical noise force in the limit considered here). This allows us to study the effects of a nonlinear, non-Markoffian bath in a particularly simple situation. We analyze the effects of this bath onto the dynamics of a spin by calculating the decay of the equilibrium correlator of the spin's z-component. The exact results are compared with those obtained using three commonly used approximations: a Markoffian master equation for the spin dynamics, a weak-coupling approximation, and the substitution of a linear bath for the original nonlinear bath.
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Hanno Gassmann, Florian Marquardt, C. Bruder. 2002-04-17. Non-Markoffian effects of a simple nonlinear bath. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.66.041111
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