Dynamics of a four-well system interacting with a dissipative environment

The dynamics of sytems that can be mapped to a four-well problem in the presence of a dissipative environment is examined. The probabilities of finding the systems in one of the four state as a function of time are found in the limit of overdamped oscillations. Also in this limit, the time evolution of the density matrix of a four-well system is found. The diagonals elements are then rederived by considering an infinite chain of wells.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science - MSc

Level thesis:degree_level

master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor dc:publisher

University of British Columbia

Year dc:date

1993

Author dc:creator

• Dubé, Martin

Statement dc:rights

• For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1802

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/1802