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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. eBooks· 2012

Quantum Dissipative Systems

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This work surveys various theoretical approaches to understanding open quantum systems, focusing on methods like path integrals, influence functionals, and system-plus-reservoir models.

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  • Explores path integral and influence functional methods for open quantum systems.
  • Discusses phenomenological and microscopic system-plus-reservoir models.
  • Covers concepts like quantum decoherence, relaxation, and fluctuation-dissipation theorems.
  • Examines applications in electron transfer, Josephson systems, and quantum transport.

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Abstract

Fundamentals Survey of the Various Approaches Path Integral Description of Open Quantum Systems Imaginary-Time and Real-Time Approaches Influence Functional Method Phenomenological and Microscopic System-Plus-Reservoir Models Linear and Nonlinear Quantum Environments Ohmic, Super-Ohmic, and Sub-Ohmic Dissipation Quantum Decoherence and Relaxation Correlation Functions, Response Functions, and Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem Damped Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator Quantum Brownian Motion Thermodynamic Variational Approach and Effective Potential Method Unified Approach to Quantum-Statistical Metastability: From Thermal Activation to Quantum Tunneling Electron Transfer and Incoherent Tunneling Macroscopic Quantum Effects in Josephson Systems Spin-Boson Model and Qubit Dissipative Two-State System: Thermodynamics and Dynamics Single-Charge and Cooper-Pair Tunneling Magnetic and Spin Tunneling Driven Quantum Tunneling Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport Full Counting Statistics Charge Transport in Quantum Impurity Systems Duality and Self-Duality.

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Field: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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