Mean-field theory of quantum brownian motion

Details Mean-field theory of quantum brownian motion Mean-field theory of quantum brownian motion

2001-02-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0102255v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

13 pages, 0 figures, revtex

Scientific paper

10.1007/s100510170085

We investigate a mean-field approach to a quantum brownian particle interacting with a quantum thermal bath at temperature $T$, and subjected to a non-linear potential. An exact, partially classical description of quantum brownian motion is proposed, which uses negative probabilities in its intermediate steps. It is shown that properties of the quantum particle can be mapped to those of two classical brownian particles in a common potential, where one of them interacts with the quantum bath, whereas another one interacts with a classical bath at zero temperature. Due to damping the system allows a unique and non-singular classical limit at $\hbar \to 0$. For high $T$ the stationary state becomes explicitly classical. The low-temperature case is studied through an effective Fokker-Planck equation. Non-trivial purely quantum correlation effects between the two particles are found.

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