Title

Frequency Shifts and Master Equations for a Quantum Oscillator Coupled to a Reservoir

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-10-1998

Abstract

For a quantum oscillator coupled to a reservoir, master equations obtained under the assumptions of weak coupling and use of a rotating-wave Hamiltonian (RWA) are known to give incorrect frequency shifts. Here, we show that a calculation which does not invoke the RWA gives results for the frequency shifts, which agree with exact results for Lamb-type (temperatureT=0) shifts. However, for non-zeroT, we point out that, in general, corresponding energy and free energy shifts for the system require exact treatments since off-resonant contributions (which are automatically excluded in weak coupling calculations) are important in the case of super-Ohmic reservoirs. © 1998 Academic Press.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Annals of Physics

First Page

51

Last Page

54

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