Feynman-Vernon model of a moving thermal environment

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 243-250

  Patriarca, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Feynman Vernon model; Quantum decoherence

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FEYNMAN-VERNON MODELS; LINEAR DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 25644459161     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2005.05.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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