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Kinetic description of quantum Brownian motion
Bassano Vacchini, Francesco Petruccione
We stress the relevance of the two features of translational invariance and atomic nature of the gas in the quantum description of the motion of a massive test particle in a gas, c…
Stochastic analysis and simulation of spin star systems
Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione
We discuss two methods of an exact stochastic representation of the non-Markovian quantum dynamics of open systems. The first method employs a pair of stochastic product vectors in…
Loss of coherence and dressing in QED
B. Bellomo, G. Compagno, F. Petruccione
The dynamics of a free charged particle, initially described by a coherent wave packet, interacting with an environment, i.e. the electromagnetic field characterized by a temperatu…
On the quantum description of Einstein's Brownian motion
Francesco Petruccione, Bassano Vacchini
A fully quantum treatment of Einstein's Brownian motion is given, showing in particular the role played by the two original requirements of translational invariance and connection…
Initial correlations effects on decoherence at zero temperature
B. Bellomo, G. Compagno, F. Petruccione
We consider a free charged particle interacting with an electromagnetic bath at zero temperature. The dipole approximation is used to treat the bath wavelengths larger than the wid…
Non-Markovian dynamics in a spin star system: Exact solution and approximation techniques
Heinz-Peter Breuer, Daniel Burgarth, Francesco Petruccione
The reduced dynamics of a central spin coupled to a bath of N spin-1/2 particles arranged in a spin star configuration is investigated. The exact time evolution of the reduced dens…