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A different perspective on the Landau-Zener dynamics

Quantum Physics 2024-04-15 v1

Abstract

We present two different approaches towards the Landau-Zener problem: (i) The Markov approximation in the integro-differential equation for one of the two probability amplitudes, and (ii) an amplitude-and-phase analysis of the linear second order differential equation for same probability amplitude. Our treatment shows that the Markov approximation neglects the non-linearity of the equation but still provides us with the exact asymptotic result.

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@article{arxiv.2404.08466,
  title  = {A different perspective on the Landau-Zener dynamics},
  author = {Eric P. Glasbrenner and Yannik Gerdes and Sándor Varró and Wolfgang P. Schleich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.08466},
  year   = {2024}
}
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