Unified approach to the Bloch-Redfield theory and quantum Fokker-Planck equations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2068-2078

  Yan, Yijing ^a,b   Shuang, Feng ^a,b   Xu, Ruixue ^a,b   Cheng, Jixin ^a   Li, Xin Qi ^a   Yang, Chen ^a   Zhang, Houyu ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

BLOCH REDFIELD THEORY; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATIONS; QUANTUM DISSIPATION THEORIES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034246502     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.482018     Document Type: Article

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