Strong friction limit in quantum mechanics: the quantum Smoluchowski equation.

For a quantum system coupled to a heat bath environment the strong friction limit is studied starting from the exact path integral formulation. Generalizing the classical Smoluchowski limit to low temperatures, a time evolution equation for the position distribution is derived and the strong role of quantum fluctuations in this limit is revealed.

• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Physical Review Letters

• Publication date

  2001-07-12

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics

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  DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.086802arXiv cond-mat/0107261PMID 11497970
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