Cold, dilute, trapped bosons as an open quantum system
Quantum Physics
2009-10-30 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We present a master equation governing the reduced density operator for a single trapped mode of a cold, dilute, weakly interacting Bose gas; and we obtain an operator fluctuation-dissipation relation in which the Ginzburg-Landau effective potential plays a physically transparent role. We also identify a decoherence effect that tends to preserve symmetry, even when the effective potential has a ``Mexican hat'' form.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9611008,
title = {Cold, dilute, trapped bosons as an open quantum system},
author = {James Anglin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9611008},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, RevTeX twocolumn style