Atom-molecule-conversion system subject to phase noises

作者:Shen, H. Z.*; Xiu, Xiao-Ming; Yi, X. X.
来源:Physical Review A, 2013, 87(6): 063613.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.87.063613

摘要

The dynamics of an atom-molecule-conversion system subject to dephasing noises is studied in this paper. Using a dephasing master equation and mean-field theory, we derive a Bloch equation for the system, and this equation is compared with the Bloch equation derived by the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) hierarchy truncation approach. Fixed points of the system are calculated by solving both the Bloch equation and the master equation. Comparison between these two calculations suggests that while at short times the mean-field theory (MFT) is a good approximation for the atom-molecule-conversion system, a high-order hierarchy truncation approach is necessary for the system on a long time scale. Although the MFT cannot predict the fixed points correctly, its predictions for the stability of the fixed points are consistent with the BBGKY theory for a wide range of parameters.

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