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Brownian Motion: The Quantum Perspective

Vacchini, B

Published Jan 1, 2001• 3 citations
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Abstract

We briefly go through the problem of the quantum description of Brownian motion, concentrating on recent results about the connection between dynamics of the particle and dynamic structure factor of the medium.

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