Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Mixed Quantum Classical Ensembles: Application to Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Kantorovich, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037179319     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.096105     Document Type: Article

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