Local-Field Corrections as a Regularization Method for the Spin-Boson Model.

ABSTRACT: The decoherence rate of a 'central spin' in a bosonic bath of magnetic fluctuations is computed using the spin-boson model. The magnetic fluctuations are treated in a fully quantum mechanical way by using the macroscopic quantum electrodynamics formalism and are expressed in terms of the classical electromagnetic Green's function of the system. The resulting frequency integral formally diverges but it can be regularized by applying real-cavity, local-field corrections to the location of the 'central spin'. This results in a cut-off function in terms of the magnetic permeability of the background material that leads to convergence at both high and low frequencies. This cut-off function appears naturally from the formalism and thus removes the need to rely on ad-hoc arguments to justify the

SUBMITTER: Crosse JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6435645 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature