The time-convolutionless equation of motion for the linear response derived in a previous paper is applied to a simple system of a quantal spin interacting weakly with its surroundings (heat bath). The operator form of equation is derived and is transcribed into the c-number one by the generalized phase-space method for spin operators. The equations of motion for the longitudinal and transverse expectation values of the spin are derived and are solved for the case of S=1/2 (S: the magnitude of spin). The longitudinal and transverse susceptibilities are derived from the stationary solutions, and are compared with the ones derived by the method of spin relaxation theory and Kubo theory for the linear response.
A time-convolutionless expression for the quantal equation of motion for the linear response of a system in contact with a heat bath to an external, time-varying driving field is derived from the quantal Liouville equation of motion for the total system. This is done by renormalizing the memory effect by the method of Shibata, Takahashi and Hashitsume. It has a form convenient for the perturbational expansion. It is shown that this equation coincides with the time-convolution equation of Argyres and Kelley in their Markoffian approximation in the narrowing limit and in the lowest Born approximation for the system-bath interaction. This equation is expanded up to fourth order in powers of the system-bath interaction.