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Abstract

We consider the non-Markovian effects on vibrational relaxation which can occur when the bath relaxation rate is comparable to or slower than the relaxation of the vibrational degrees of freedom. We carry out quantum mechanical simulations of a two level system strongly coupled to a bath of known statistical properties (either a Poisson or a Gaussian process) and show that the relaxation is surprisingly insensitive to the nature of the bath. Small oscillations in the relaxation are found for the Poisson simulation which maybe observable in high resolution picosecond experiments. We investigate both cumulant expansion and memory function descriptions of relaxation in the non-Markovian limit and show that neither approach provides quantitatively accurate results.

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Abbott, R. J., & Oxtoby, D. W. (1980). Non-Markovian effects on vibrational energy relaxation in liquids. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 72(7), 3972–3978.

Authors 2
  1. Richard J. Abbott (first)
  2. David W. Oxtoby (additional)
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Created 22 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 28, 2003, 3 p.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 9, 2024, 4:05 p.m.)
Indexed 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 10, 2024, 2:43 a.m.)
Issued 45 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1980)
Published 45 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1980)
Published Print 45 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1980)
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@article{Abbott_1980, title={Non-Markovian effects on vibrational energy relaxation in liquids}, volume={72}, ISSN={1089-7690}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.439675}, DOI={10.1063/1.439675}, number={7}, journal={The Journal of Chemical Physics}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Abbott, Richard J. and Oxtoby, David W.}, year={1980}, month=apr, pages={3972–3978} }