Data di Pubblicazione:
2008
Citazione:
Monitoring derivation of the quantum linear Boltzmann equation / K. Hornberger, B. Vacchini. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 1050-2947. - 77:2(2008), pp. 022112.022112.1-022112.022112.18. [10.1103/PhysRevA.77.022112]
Abstract:
We show how the effective equation of motion for a distinguished quantum particle in an ideal gas environment can be obtained by means of the monitoring approach introduced in [EPL 77, 50007 (2007)]. The resulting Lindblad master equation accounts for the quantum effects of the scattering dynamics in a non-perturbative fashion and it describes decoherence and dissipation in a unified framework. It incorporates various established equations as limiting cases and reduces to the classical linear Boltzmann equation once the state is diagonal in momentum.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Boltzmann equation ; kinetic theory ; quantum statistical mechanics
Elenco autori:
K. Hornberger, B. Vacchini
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