Non-hermitian dynamics of a dissipative squid in a MQC experiment

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Chiatti, L
Mignani, R
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[1] UNIV ROME 3,PHYS DEPT E AMALDI,I-00146 ROME,ITALY
[2] UNIV ROMA LA SAPIENZA,DEPT PHYS,I-00185 ROME,ITALY
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS B | 1997年 / 11卷 / 08期
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10.1142/S021797929700054X
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We describe the dynamics of a rf-SQUID, in presence of dissipation, by exploiting generalized non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. We discuss, by such an approach, the time evolution of the density matrix for an ohmic rf-SQUID in a MQC experiment. Our formalism allows us to recover the results by Caldeira and Leggett on the decay rate of the oscillations of the tunneling probability.
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