Master equation

About: Master equation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10541 publications have been published within this topic receiving 276095 citations.

Selection of the ground state for nonlinear Schroedinger equations

Abstract: We prove for a class of nonlinear Schr\"odinger systems (NLS) having two nonlinear bound states that the (generic) large time behavior is characterized by decay of the excited state, asymptotic approach to the nonlinear ground state and dispersive radiation. Our analysis elucidates the mechanism through which initial conditions which are very near the excited state branch evolve into a (nonlinear) ground state, a phenomenon known as {\it ground state selection}. Key steps in the analysis are the introduction of a particular linearization and the derivation of a normal form which reflects the dynamics on all time scales and yields, in particular, nonlinear Master equations. Then, a novel multiple time scale dynamic stability theory is developed. Consequently, we give a detailed description of the asymptotic behavior of the two bound state NLS for all small initial data. The methods are general and can be extended to treat NLS with more than two bound states and more general nonlinearities including those of Hartree-Fock type.

Quantum Fokker-Planck theory in a non-Gaussian-Markovian medium

Abstract: We develop a generalized quantum Fokker-Planck theory in a non-Gaussian-Markovian model bath. The semiclassical bath adopted in this work is charactered by three parameters. One denotes the strength of system-bath coupling and the other two are chosen to interpolate smoothly the solvation dynamics between the long- and short-time regimes. The fluctuation-dissipation relation in this model bath is analyzed in detail. Based on this model bath, we derive two sets of coupled Fokker-Planck equations. These two equation sets are equivalent in the second order of system-bath coupling but different in the higher orders. The corresponding reduced Liouville equation in one set of the Fokker-Planck formulation is characterized by a memory relaxation kernel, while that in the other is by a local-time relaxation tensor. Each resulting set of Fokker-Planck equations involves only the reduced density operator and a series of well-characterized Hilbert-space relaxation operators. The present theory is valid for arbitrary time-dependent Hamiltonians and is applicable to the study of quantum coherence and relaxation in various dynamic systems.

Nonlocal Convection-Diffusion Problems on Bounded Domains and Finite-Range Jump Processes

Abstract: Abstract A nonlocal convection-diffusion model is introduced for the master equation of Markov jump processes in bounded domains. With minimal assumptions on the model parameters, the nonlocal steady and unsteady state master equations are shown to be well-posed in a weak sense. Then the nonlocal operator is shown to be the generator of finite-range nonsymmetric jump processes and, when certain conditions on the model parameters hold, the generators of finite and infinite activity Lévy and Lévy-type jump processes are shown to be special instances of the nonlocal operator.

Intermolecular forces, spontaneous emission, and superradiance in a dielectric medium: Polariton-mediated interactions

Abstract: A reduced equation of motion that describes the excited-state dynamics of interacting two-level impurity molecules in a dielectric host crystal is derived starting from a microscopic model for the total system. Our theory generalizes the derivation of the conventional superradiance master equation for molecules in vacuum; the role of photons in the conventional theory is played by polaritons (mixed crystal-radiation excitations) in our approach. Our final equation thus contains dispersive and superradiant polariton-mediated intermolecular interactions. The effect of the dielectric host is completely contained within a rescaling of these interactions with the transverse dielectric function \ensuremath{\epsilon}(\ensuremath{\omega}) of the crystal taken at the impurity's transition frequency. Our theory yields all local field and screening factors for both the dispersive and the dissipative couplings from a single, unified starting point. Known scaling laws for the spontaneous-emission rate and the instantaneous dipole-dipole interaction are extended to the frequency region where the dispersion of \ensuremath{\epsilon}(\ensuremath{\omega}) is important.

The Master Equation in Mean Field Theory

Abstract: In his lectures at College de France, P.L. Lions introduced the concept of Master equation, see [5] for Mean Field Games. It is introduced in a heuristic fashion, from the system of partial differential equations, associated to a Nash equilibrium for a large, but finite, number of players. The method, also explained in[2], consists in a formal analogy of terms. The interest of this equation is that it contains interesting particular cases, which can be studied directly, in particular the system of HJB-FP (Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman, Fokker-Planck) equations obtained as the limit of the finite Nash equilibrium game, when the trajectories are independent, see [4]. Usually, in mean field theory, one can bypass the large Nash equilibrium, by introducing the concept of representative agent, whose action is influenced by a distribution of similar agents, and obtains directly the system of HJB-FP equations of interest, see for instance [1]. Apparently, there is no such approach for the Master equation. We show here that it is possible. We first do it for the Mean Field type control problem, for which we interpret completely the Master equation. For the Mean Field Games itself, we solve a related problem, and obtain again the Master equation.