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Quantum Dissipation versus Classical Dissipation for Generalized Brownian Motion

chao-dyn 2009-10-30 v1 Condensed Matter Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We try to clarify what are the genuine quantal effects that are associated with generalized Brownian Motion (BM). All the quantal effects that are associated with the Zwanzig-Feynman-Vernon-Caldeira-Leggett model are (formally) a solution of the classical Langevin equation. Non-stochastic, genuine quantum mechanical effects, are found for a model that takes into account either the disordered or the chaotic nature of some environment.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9704016,
  title  = {Quantum Dissipation versus Classical Dissipation for Generalized Brownian Motion},
  author = {Doron Cohen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9704016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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~4 pages, no figures