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Causal signal transmission by quantum fields. I. Response of the harmonic oscillator

Quantum Physics 2008-11-26 v1 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is shown that response properties of a quantum harmonic oscillator are in essence those of a classical oscillator, and that, paradoxical as it may be, these classical properties underlie all quantum dynamical properties of the system. The results are extended to non-interacting bosonic fields, both neutral and charged.

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@article{arxiv.0804.4088,
  title  = {Causal signal transmission by quantum fields. I. Response of the harmonic oscillator},
  author = {L. I. Plimak and S. Stenholm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4088},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Accepted to Annals of Physics