Abstract
We investigate the effect of the interatomic distances and thermal reservoir on the coherence dynamics of the atoms considering the dipole-dipole interaction (DDI) and collective damping effect (CDE). We show that the control and protection of the coherence are very sensitive to the interatomic distances and reservoir temperature. Furthermore, we explore the distance effect between atoms and reservoir temperature on the time evolution of the total quantum correlation between the two atoms. The obtained results could be useful to execute these quantum phenomena and also considered as a good indication to implement realistic experiments with optimal conditions.