Equilibration of a dissipative quantum oscillator
Quantum Physics
2007-06-27 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
An explicit demonstration is given of a harmonic oscillator in equilibrium approaching the equilibrium of a corresponding interacting system by coupling it to a thermal bath consisting of a continuum of harmonic oscillators.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0605227,
title = {Equilibration of a dissipative quantum oscillator},
author = {Vinay Ambegaokar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0605227},
year = {2007}
}