David Tannor, Lecture II outline

Non-Markovian Master Equations

1. Review of the Nakajima-Zwanzig formulation of non-Markovian Master Equations (time nonlocal)
2. Review of the decomposition of the spectral density
3. Rewriting the Hamiltonian in the collective mode representation
4. The non-Markovian quantum master equation in the collective mode representation
5. Spectral density in the collective mode representation and computational considerations
6. Results: Barrier crossing rates as a function of temperature and friction for the original and the collective mode representation

Details may be found in the PDF open in bnew Window paper draft

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