From resonances to master equations

Claude-Alain Pillet (1, 2) , Vojkan Jaksic (3)

1 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207
2 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332
3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics [Montréal]

We study the long-time behavior of the dynamics of a 2-level atom coupled to a scalar radiation field at positive temperature. We discuss the deep relations between results proven recently by the authors, and the Davies master equation technique.

Domaines: Physique mathématique [math-ph]; Physique mathématique [math-ph]; Algèbres quantiques [math.QA]; Mécanique statistique [cond-mat.stat-mech]; Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]; Théorie spectrale [math.SP]

Claude-Alain Pillet, Vojkan Jaksic. From resonances to master equations. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare Physique Theorique, 1997, 67, pp.425-445. ⟨hal-00129123⟩