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dc.contributor.authorQiao, Wenling
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25 18:06:13 (GMT)
dc.date.available2013-01-25 18:06:13 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2013-01-25T18:06:13Z
dc.date.submitted2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7294
dc.description.abstractThis thesis studies a spin-star model and an open spin-star model. The spin-star model is exactly solvable, and the approximation methods can be applied and compared with the exact solution. As this model is shown to be non-Gaussian and non-Markovian, Born-Markovian approximation is not valid. The comparison of Nakajima-Zwanzig and time-convolutionless methods show that the performances of those two techniques depend on the specific property of the model. The open spin-star model is not exactly solvable and the analytical solution under Gaussian approximation is obtained.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectnon-Markovianen
dc.subjectnon-Gaussianen
dc.subjectdecoherenceen
dc.titleDecoherence by a non-Markovian and non-Gaussian Environmenten
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programPhysicsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Scienceen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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