Quantum master equation for the microcanonical ensemble

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

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Esposito, Massimiliano ^a   Gaspard, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); NANOSYSTEMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMOSTATS;

DECOHERENCE; FINITE HEAT CAPACITY; MICROCANONICAL ENSEMBLE; QUANTUM MASTER EQUATION; REDFIELD MASTER EQUATION; SUPEROPERATORS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 35649012560     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041134     Document Type: Article

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