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Fluctuations and the existence of potential in dissipative semiclassical systems

arXiv:cond-mat/0005297 · doi:10.1007/s100510070166

Abstract

We examine the weak noise limit of an overdamped dissipative system within a semiclassical description and show how quantization influences the growth and decay of fluctuations of the thermally equilibrated systems. We trace its origin in a semiclassical counterpart of the generalized potential for the dissipative system.

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