Dissipation can enhance quantum effects

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Ankerhold, Joachim ^a   Pollak, Eli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FRICTION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); QUANTUM THEORY;

HARMONIC OSCILLATOR; MOMENTUM VARIANCES; QUANTUM EFFECTS; THERMAL ACTIVATION;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

EID: 34147180988     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.041103     Document Type: Article

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