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The Nakajima–Zwanzig equation (named after the physicists Sadao Nakajima and Robert Zwanzig) is an integral equation describing the time evolution of the "relevant" part of a quantum-mechanical system. It is formulated in the density matrix formalism and can be regarded a generalization of the Master equation. The equation belongs to the Mori–Zwanzig theory within the statistical mechanics of irreversible processes (named after Hazime Mori). By means of a projection operator the dynamics is split into a slow, collective part (''relevant part'') and a rapidly fluctuating ''irrelevant'' part. The goal is to develop dynamical equations for the collective part. == Derivation == The starting point〔A derivation analogous to that presented here is found, for instance, in Breuer, Petruccione ''The theory of open quantum systems'', Oxford University Press 2002, S.443ff〕 is the quantum mechanical Liouville equation (von Neumann equation) : where the Liouville operator is defined as . The density operator (density matrix) is split by means of a projection operator into two parts , where . The projection operator projects onto the aforementioned ''relevant'' part, for which an equation of motion is to be derived. The Liouville – von Neumann equation can thus be represented as : The second line is formally solved as〔To verify the equation it suffices to write the function under the integral as a derivative, ''deQLt'QeL(t-t') = -eQLt'QLPeL(t-t')dt.〕 : By plugging the solution into the first equation, we obtain the Nakajima–Zwanzig equation: : Under the assumption that the inhomogeneous term vanishes〔Such an assumption can be made if we assume that the irrelevant part of the density matrix is 0 at the initial time, so that the projector for t=0 is the identity.〕 and using : : as well as : we obtain the final form : 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nakajima–Zwanzig equation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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