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Chinese Physics Letters

Quantum and non-Markovian effects in Brownian motion

Xizhen Wu, Zhuxia Li, Zhuo Yizhong

Published Jun 1, 1987• 1 citation
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Abstract

The analytical expressions of the second moments for a dissipative quantum system are derived by using path integral method with a solvable model. The quantum and non-Markovian effects on the quantum Brownian motion are studied quantitatively.
DOI
10.1088/0256-307x/4/6/009

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