Quantum Langevin equation of a charged oscillator in a magnetic field and coupled to a heat bath through momentum variables

Details Quantum Langevin equation of a charged oscillator in a magnetic field and coupled to a heat bath through momentum variables Quantum Langevin equation of a charged oscillator in a magnetic field and coupled to a heat bath through momentum variables

2011-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/1108.5142v2

Phys. Rev. E 84, 041133 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

6 pages, no figure; version 2: discussion on preparation of the initial state expanded, published version

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We obtain the quantum Langevin equation (QLE) of a charged quantum particle moving in a harmonic potential in the presence of a uniform external magnetic field and linearly coupled to a quantum heat bath through momentum variables. The bath is modeled as a collection of independent quantum harmonic oscillators. The QLE involves a random force which does not depend on the magnetic field, and a quantum-generalized classical Lorentz force. These features are also present in the QLE for the case of particle-bath coupling through coordinate variables. However, significant differences are also observed. For example, the mean force in the QLE is characterized by a memory function that depends explicitly on the magnetic field. The random force has a modified form with correlation and commutator different from those in the case of coordinate-coordinate coupling. Moreover, the coupling constants, in addition to appearing in the random force and in the mean force, also renormalize the inertial term and the harmonic potential term in the QLE.

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