Mechanisms of decoherence at low temperatures
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Mechanisms of Decoherence at Low Temperatures
We briefly review the oscillator and spin bath models of quantum environments, which can be used to describe the low-energy dynamics of open quantum systems. We then use them to discuss both the mechanisms causing decoherence at low T , and the dynamics of this decoherence. This is done first for a central 2-level system coupled to these environmentsthe results can be applied to the dynamics of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Physics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0301-0104
DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0104(01)00303-2