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Exact transition probabilities in the three-state Landau-Zener-Coulomb model

Quantum Physics 2015-06-17 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We obtain the exact expression for the matrix of nonadiabatic transition probabilities in the model of three interacting states with a time-dependent Hamiltonian. Unlike other known solvable Landau-Zener-like problems, our solution is generally expressed in terms of hypergeometric functions that have relatively complex behavior, e.g. the obtained transition probabilities may show multiple oscillations as functions of parameters of the model Hamiltonian.

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@article{arxiv.1310.7245,
  title  = {Exact transition probabilities in the three-state Landau-Zener-Coulomb model},
  author = {Jeffmin Lin and N A Sinitsyn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.7245},
  year   = {2015}
}

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12 pages, 3 figures