Decoherence by a non-Markovian and non-Gaussian Environment
| dc.contributor.author | Qiao, Wenling | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-25T18:06:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-25T18:06:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-01-25T18:06:13Z | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This 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.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7294 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.pending | false | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
| dc.subject | non-Markovian | en |
| dc.subject | non-Gaussian | en |
| dc.subject | decoherence | en |
| dc.subject.program | Physics | en |
| dc.title | Decoherence by a non-Markovian and non-Gaussian Environment | en |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
| uws-etd.degree | Master of Science | en |
| uws-etd.degree.department | Physics and Astronomy | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |