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Cumulant Expansions and the Spin-Boson Problem

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The dynamics of the dissipative two-level system at zero temperature is studied using three different cumulant expansion techniques. The relative merits and drawbacks of each technique are discussed. It is found that a new technique, the non-crossing cumulant expansion, appears to embody the virtues of the more standard cumulant methods.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9609054,
  title  = {Cumulant Expansions and the Spin-Boson Problem},
  author = {D. R. Reichman and F. L. H. Brown and P. Neu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9609054},
  year   = {2009}
}

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26 pages, LaTex

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