Cumulant expansions and the spin-boson problem

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2328-2337

  Reichman, David R ^a   Brown, Frank L H ^a   Neu, Peter ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PHONONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERING PRESCRIPTION; CUMULANT EXPANSION TECHNIQUES; NONINTERACTING BLIP APPROXIMATION; PARTIAL ORDERING PRESCRIPTION; SPIN BOSON PROBLEM; ZERO TEMPERATURE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0031095941     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.55.2328     Document Type: Article

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