Two oscillators in a common heat bath
Quantum Physics
2013-02-26 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We show that the case of two oscillators in a common heat bath cannot be reduced to an effective one body problem. In addition, there is an interaction between the oscillators, even at zero temperature, due to the fluctuations caused in both oscillators by the zero-point oscillations of the electromagnetic field.
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@article{arxiv.1302.5921,
title = {Two oscillators in a common heat bath},
author = {R. F. O'Connell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5921},
year = {2013}
}