A soluble random-matrix model for relaxation in quantum systems

Mello, Pier A and Pereyra, Pedro and Kumar, Narendra (1988) A soluble random-matrix model for relaxation in quantum systems. In: Journal of Statistical Physics, 51 (1-2). pp. 77-94.

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Abstract

We study the relaxation of a degenerate two-level system interacting with a heat bath, assuming a random-matrix model for the system-bath interaction. For times larger than the duration of a collision and smaller than the Poincaré recurrence time, the survival probability of still finding the system at timet in the same state in which it was prepared att=0 is exactly calculated.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Statistical Physics
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Keywords:	Quantum relaxation processes;random-matrix theory.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2010 05:05
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/32010

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