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Irene Burghardt¹, Rocco Martinazzo, Keith H Hughes

¹Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 7, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany. burghardt@theochem.uni-frankfurt.de

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This study introduces a reduced dynamics approach for spin-boson systems, simplifying complex interactions. The method effectively models system-environment dynamics using truncated chains for enhanced correlation function calculations.

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Area of Science:

Quantum mechanics
Condensed matter physics
Theoretical chemistry

Background:

Complex quantum systems often involve interactions between a central subsystem and a large environment (bath).
Accurately modeling these system-environment interactions is crucial for understanding quantum dynamics but computationally challenging.
Hierarchical, Mori-chain representations are common for bath dynamics but can become complex.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a reduced dynamics representation tailored for hierarchical bath models.
To simplify the treatment of system-environment interactions in spin-boson systems.
To derive computationally tractable methods for calculating correlation functions.

Main Methods:

Introduced a reduced dynamics representation for a bath of harmonic oscillators coupled to a subsystem.
Constructed a single effective mode to absorb system-environment interactions.
Employed a cumulant expansion of the memory kernel to obtain correlation functions.
Approximated interactions using truncated chains and continued-fraction forms for spectral densities.

Main Results:

Developed a method to represent complex system-environment interactions through a single effective mode.
Obtained correlation functions for the primary mode via a cumulant expansion.
Derived reduced-dimensional bath correlation functions expressed as Fourier-Laplace transforms of spectral densities.
Re-expressed the memory kernel in local-in-time equations for a second-order master equation.

Conclusions:

The reduced dynamics approach offers a simplified yet accurate model for quantum system-environment interactions.
The method facilitates the calculation of correlation functions and spectral densities in truncated continued-fraction form.
This work provides a computationally efficient framework for studying quantum dynamics in complex systems.