Theory of Decoherence Timescales of Molecular Processes
Ignacio Franco
Abstract
Ignacio Franco
Abstract
We introduce a general but simple theory of decoherence timescales based on an early-time expansion of the quantum dynamics of open quantum systems. The theory is useful to isolate decoherence mechanisms and to test approximate quantum dynamics methods.
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We introduce a general but simple theory of decoherence timescales based on an early-time expansion of the quantum dynamics of open quantum systems. The theory is useful to isolate decoherence mechanisms and to test approximate quantum dynamics methods.
Key concepts: Quantum decoherence, Quantum dissipation, Open quantum system, Statistical physics, Simple (philosophy), Quantum, Physics, Quantum mechanics