A resonance theory for open quantum systems with time-dependent dynamics

DOI10.1007/S10955-008-9645-5zbMATH Open1168.82018arXiv0810.3540OpenAlexW3104027738MaRDI QIDQ1022366FDOQ1022366

Shannon Starr, M. Merkli

Publication date: 22 June 2009

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a resonance theory to describe the evolution of open systems with time-dependent dynamics. Our approach is based on piecewise constant Hamiltonians: we represent the evolution on each constant bit using a recently developed dynamical resonance theory, and we piece them together to obtain the total evolution. The initial state corresponding to one time-interval with constant Hamiltonian is the final state of the system corresponding to the interval before. This results in a non-markovian dynamics. We find a representation of the dynamics in terms of resonance energies and resonance states associated to the Hamiltonians, valid for all times $tgeq0$ and for small (but fixed) interaction strengths. The representation has the form of a path integral over resonances. We present applications to a spin-fermion system, where the energy levels of the spin may undergo rather arbitrary crossings in the course of time. In particular, we find the probability for transition between ground- and excited state at all times.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3540

zbMATH Keywords

open quantum systemsnon-equilibrium statistical mechanicspath integralnon-Markovian dynamicstime-dependent Hamiltoniansirreversible dynamicsresonance theorylevel shift operatorspin-fermion systemthermal quantum fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10)

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