arXiv:0905.0544

Markovian and Post-Markovian dynamics of nonequilibrium thermal entanglement

Sinayskiy, Ilya, Petruccione, Francesco

Published May 5, 2009• 1 citation

Abstract

The dynamics of two spins coupled to bosonic baths at different temperatures is studied. The analytical solution for the reduced density matrix of the system in the Markovian and Post-Markovian case with exponential memory kernel is found. The dynamics and temperature dependence of spin-spin entanglement is analyzed.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.0905.0544

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