Weisskopf-Wigner decay theory for the energy-driven stochastic Schrodinger equation

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Adler, SL [1 ]
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[1] Inst Adv Study, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevD.67.025007
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P1 [天文学];
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We generalize the Weisskopf-Wigner theory for the line shape and transition rates of decaying states to the case of the energy-driven stochastic Schrodinger equation that has been used as a phenomenology for state vector reduction. Within the standard approximations used in the Weisskopf-Wigner analysis, and assuming that the perturbing potential inducing the decay has vanishing matrix elements within the degenerate manifold containing the decaying state, the stochastic Schrodinger equation linearizes. Solving the linearized equations, we find no change from the standard analysis in the line shape or the transition rate per unit time. The only effect of the stochastic terms is to alter the early time transient behavior of the decay, in a way that eliminates the quantum Zeno effect. We apply our results to estimate experimental bounds on the parameter governing the stochastic effects. In addition, elegant stochastic-theoretic methods suggested by Diosi are used to rederive the principal results, without the assumptions needed to linearize the stochastic equation, and to give analogous results for the Rabi oscillations of a two-level system.
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