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Environment-dependent dissipation in quantum Brownian motion
Tekijät: Paavola J, Piilo J, Suominen KA, Maniscalco S
Kustantaja: AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Julkaisuvuosi: 2009
Journal: Physical Review A
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Lehden akronyymi: PHYS REV A
Artikkelin numero: ARTN 052120
Vuosikerta: 79
Numero: 5
Sivujen määrä: 10
ISSN: 1050-2947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.052120
Tiivistelmä
The dissipative dynamics of a quantum Brownian particle is studied for different types of environment. We derive analytic results for the time evolution of the mean energy of the system for Ohmic, sub-Ohmic, and super-Ohmic environments, without performing the Markovian approximation. Our results allow one to establish a direct link between the form of the environmental spectrum and the thermalization dynamics. This in turn leads to a natural explanation of the microscopic physical processes ruling the system time evolution both in the short-time non-Markovian region and in the long-time Markovian one. Our comparative study of thermalization for different environments sheds light on the physical contexts in which non-Markovian dissipation effects are dominant.
The dissipative dynamics of a quantum Brownian particle is studied for different types of environment. We derive analytic results for the time evolution of the mean energy of the system for Ohmic, sub-Ohmic, and super-Ohmic environments, without performing the Markovian approximation. Our results allow one to establish a direct link between the form of the environmental spectrum and the thermalization dynamics. This in turn leads to a natural explanation of the microscopic physical processes ruling the system time evolution both in the short-time non-Markovian region and in the long-time Markovian one. Our comparative study of thermalization for different environments sheds light on the physical contexts in which non-Markovian dissipation effects are dominant.
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