Exactly solvable model of quantum diffusion

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 463-496

  Esposito, M ^a   Gaspard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bloch theorem for density matrices; Environment induced diffusion; Liouvillian resonances; Quantum decoherence; Quantum master equation; Quantum transport; Translational invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644451402     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-7577-x     Document Type: Article

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