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Memory in a nonlocally damped oscillator

Quantum Physics 2011-11-10 v2

Abstract

We analyze the new equation of motion for the damped oscillator. It differs from the standard one by a damping term which is nonlocal in time and hence it gives rise to a system with memory. Both classical and quantum analysis is performed. The characteristic feature of this nonlocal system is that it breaks local composition low for the classical Hamiltonian dynamics and the corresponding quantum propagator.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1199,
  title  = {Memory in a nonlocally damped oscillator},
  author = {Dariusz Chruscinski and Jacek Jurkowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1199},
  year   = {2011}
}

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minor corrections added; title changed

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