Action principle for nonequilibrium statistical dynamics based on the Lindblad density matrix evolution

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 66-72

  Rajagopal, A K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION SCHEME; LINDBLAD EQUATIONS; MARKOVIAN MODEL; NON EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; STATISTICAL DYNAMICS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 0042762996     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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