Quantum thermodynamic functions for an oscillator coupled to a heat bath

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Ford, G W ^a   O'Connell, R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34247153417     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.134301     Document Type: Article

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