Classical and quantum Brownian motion in an electromagnetic field
arXiv:1605.04698 · doi:10.1002/prop.201600058
Abstract
The dynamics of a Brownian particle in a constant magnetic field and time-dependent electric field is studied in the limit of white noise, using a Langevin approach for the classical problem and the path-integral Feynman-Vernon and Caldeira-Leggett framework for the quantum problem. We study the time evolution in configuration space of the probability distribution of an initial pure state represented by an asymmetrical Gaussian wave function and show that it can be described as the superposition of (a) the classical motion of the center of mass, (b) a rotation around the mean position, and (c) a spreading processes along the principal axes.
Presented at FQMT15-Frontiers of Quantum and Mesoscopic Thermodynamics, July 27-August 1, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
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