Quantum dynamical semigroups and multipole relaxation of a spin in isotropic surroundings
Maurizio Verri, Vittorio Gorini · Journal of Mathematical Physics · 1978
We derive and discuss three different parametrizations of the generator of a dynamical semigroup which describes the Markovian relaxation of a spin j under the influence of isotropic surroundings. The relevant parametrizations that we consider are the strengths of the polarities of the interaction, the relaxation rates of the different multipoles and the transition probabilities per unit time among the Zeeman sublevels. The results are model independent and allow us to derive a set of relations and inequalities for the transition probabilities and for the relaxation rates whose validity is not bound to any specific assumption concerning the mechanisms which govern the relaxation.