Solving spin quantum master equations with matrix continued-fraction methods: application to superparamagnets

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/42/005MaRDI QIDQ3420535zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. L. García-Palacios, D. Zueco

Publication date 2 February 2007

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603730

zbMATH Keywords

matrix equationquantum master equationspinthermal bathspin densitysuperparamagnetsbosonic bathMarkovian density matrix equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40)

Abstract: We implement continued-fraction techniques to solve exactly quantum master equations for a spin with arbitrary S coupled to a (bosonic) thermal bath. The full spin density matrix is obtained, so that along with relaxation and thermoactivation, coherent dynamics is included (precession, tunnel, etc.). The method is applied to study isotropic spins and spins in a bistable anisotropy potential (superparamagnets). We present examples of static response, the dynamical susceptibility including the contribution of the different relaxation modes, and of spin resonance in transverse fields.

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