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Quantum-Liouville and Langevin Equations for Gravitational Radiation Damping

Quantum Physics 2011-09-28 v1

Abstract

From a forward--backward path integral, we derive a master equation for the emission and absorption of gravitons by a massive quantum object in a heat bath of gravitons. Such an equation could describe collapse phenomena of dense stars. We also present a useful approximate Langevin equation for such a system.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0101006,
  title  = {Quantum-Liouville and Langevin Equations for Gravitational Radiation Damping},
  author = {Z. Haba and H. Kleinert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0101006},
  year   = {2011}
}

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