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Quasi-adiabatic path integral approach for quantum systems under the influence of multiple non-commuting fluctuations

Quantum Physics 2021-12-08 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Statistical Mechanics Chemical Physics

Abstract

Quantum systems are typically subject to various environmental noise sources. Treating these environmental disturbances with a system-bath approach beyond weak coupling one must refer to numerical methods as, for example, the numerically exact quasi-adiabatic path integral approach. This approach, however, cannot treat baths which couple to the system via operators, which do not commute. We extend the quasi-adiabatic path integral approach by determining the time discrete influence functional for such non-commuting fluctuations and by modifying the propagation scheme accordingly. We test the extended quasi-adiabatic path integral approach by determining the time evolution of a quantum two-level system coupled to two independent bath via non-commuting operators. We show that convergent results can be obtained and agreement with analytical weak coupling results is achieved in the respective limits.

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@article{arxiv.1808.03704,
  title  = {Quasi-adiabatic path integral approach for quantum systems under the influence of multiple non-commuting fluctuations},
  author = {Timo Palm and Peter Nalbach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.03704},
  year   = {2021}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures