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Fluctuations and the existence of potential in dissipative semiclassical systems

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We examine the weak noise limit of an overdamped dissipative system within a semiclassical description and show how quantization influences the growth and decay of fluctuations of the thermally equilibrated systems. We trace its origin in a semiclassical counterpart of the generalized potential for the dissipative system.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005297,
  title  = {Fluctuations and the existence of potential in dissipative semiclassical systems},
  author = {Bidhan Chandra Bag and Deb Shankar Ray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005297},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revtex, 14 pages, 1 figure