Nosé-Hoover Dynamics in Quantum Phase Space
arXiv:0711.2207 · doi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/35/355304
Abstract
Thermal fluctuations in time-dependent quantum processes are treated by a constant-temperature generalization of Wigner's formulation of quantum mechanics in phase space. To this end, quantum Nosè-Hoover dynamics is defined by generalizing the Moyal bracket. Computational applications of the formalism, together with further theoretical developments, are discussed.
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