Can quantum Brownian motion be Markovian?

Chemical Physics

Volumn 322, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 160-168

  Grabert, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissipative quantum systems; Quantum Markov process; Quantum master equation; Quantum Smoluchowski equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244463034     PISSN: 03010104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2005.08.012     Document Type: Article

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