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Workshop 3: The Dynamics of Single Spin-1/2 Systems

Giuseppe Pileio

Published Jun 13, 2022• 0 citations

Abstract

In this workshop, the reader can practice with finding the eigenstate of a Hamiltonian, studying the dynamics of isolated spin states, deriving the density operator and its associated density matrix and calculating the dynamics of an ensemble of spin-1/2 systems.

DOI: 10.1039/9781837670871-00178

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