{
  "id": "1206.4490",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-06-20T13:30:26.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-06-20T13:30:26.000Z",
  "title": "General non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems",
  "authors": [
    "Wei-Min Zhang",
    "Ping-Yuan Lo",
    "Heng-Na Xiong",
    "Matisse Wei-Yuan Tu",
    "Franco Nori"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 2 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 170402 (2012)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.170402",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a general theory of non-Markovian dynamics for open quantum systems. We explore the non-Markovian dynamics by connecting the exact master equations with the non-equilibirum Green functions. Environmental back-actions are fully taken into account. The non-Markovian dynamics consists of non-exponential decays and dissipationless oscillations. Non-exponential decays are induced by the discontinuity in the imaginary part of the self-energy corrections. Dissipationless oscillations arise from band gaps or the finite band structure of spectral densities. The exact analytic solutions for various non-Markovian environments show that the non-Markovian dynamics can be largely understood from the environmental-modified spectra of the open systems.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-06-20T13:30:26.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "03.65.Yz",
      "03.65.Ta",
      "05.70.Ln",
      "42.50.Lc"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "open quantum systems",
      "general non-markovian dynamics",
      "non-exponential decays",
      "exact master equations",
      "non-equilibirum green functions"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 109,
      "number": 17,
      "pages": 170402
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012PhRvL.109q0402Z"
    }
  }
}