Decoherence induced by zero-point fluctuations in quantum Brownian motion

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

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-24

  Lombardo, Fernando C ^a   Villar, Paula I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DECOHERENCE TIME; MASTER EQUATIONS; QUANTUM BROWNIAN MOTIONS; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEST PARTICLES; ZERO-POINT FLUCTUATIONS; ZERO-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT;

QUANTUM THEORY;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MELTING POINT; OSCILLATOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 12944280261     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2004.12.065     Document Type: Article

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