These problem sets and tutorials are intended for students at the diploma or graduate level. They will provide an introduction to theoretical tools and ideas at a level needed to conduct research on your own.
Decoherence and dissipation - The basics: Golden Rule rates in terms of a "bath spectrum", Dephasing by a fluctuating energy difference, master equation, Lindblad form, Weisskopf-Wigner decay of a two-level atom, etc. (by Florian Marquardt; last update: 06.05.2005).
