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Anomalous diffusion in quantum Brownian motion with colored noise

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Anomalous diffusion is discussed in the context of quantum Brownian motion with colored noise. It is shown that earlier results follow simply and directly from the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. The limits on the long-time dependence of anomalous diffusion are shown to be a consequence of the second law of thermodynamics. The special case of an electron interacting with the radiation field is discussed in detail. We apply our results to wave-packet spreading.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0603240,
  title  = {Anomalous diffusion in quantum Brownian motion with colored noise},
  author = {G. W. Ford and R. F. O'Connell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0603240},
  year   = {2007}
}