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arxiv: 0809.4585 · v1 · pith:44J7HX3Bnew · submitted 2008-09-26 · 🪐 quant-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech

A new non-perturbative approach to Quantum Brownian Motion

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keywords diffusionequationbrownianconstantsdekkermotionpositivityproposed
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Starting from the Caldeira-Leggett (CL) model, we derive the equation describing the Quantum Brownian motion, which has been originally proposed by Dekker purely from phenomenological basis containing extra anomalous diffusion terms. Explicit analytical expressions for the temperature dependence of the diffusion constants are derived. At high temperatures, additional momentum diffusion terms are suppressed and classical Langivin equation can be recovered and at the same time positivity of the density matrix(DM) is satisfied. At low temperatures, the diffusion constants have a finite positive value, however, below a certain critical temperature, the Master Equation(ME) does not satisfy the positivity condition as proposed by Dekker.

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