Monitoring derivation of the quantum linear Boltzmann equation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Hornberger, Klaus ^a   Vacchini, Bassano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ELECTRON GAS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MOMENTUM; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

IDEAL GAS; LINDBLAD MASTER EQUATION; QUANTUM LINEAR BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 40749099740     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.022112     Document Type: Article

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