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Title: Onsets of hierarchy truncation and self–consistent Born approximation with quantum mechanics prescriptions invariance

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4936831· OSTI ID:22493291
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  1. Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (China)

The issue of efficient hierarchy truncation is related to many approximate theories. In this paper, we revisit this issue from both the numerical efficiency and quantum mechanics prescription invariance aspects. The latter requires that the truncation approximation made in Schrödinger picture, such as the quantum master equations and their self–consistent–Born–approximation improvements, should be transferable to their Heisenberg–picture correspondences, without further approximations. We address this issue with the dissipaton equation of motion (DEOM), which is a unique theory for the dynamics of not only reduced systems but also hybrid bath environments. We also highlight the DEOM theory is not only about how its dynamical variables evolve in time, but also the underlying dissipaton algebra. We demonstrate this unique feature of DEOM with model systems and report some intriguing nonlinear Fano interferences characteristics that are experimentally measurable.

OSTI ID:
22493291
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 143, Issue 21; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English