Year: 1997
Type: article
Abstract: We try to clarify what are the genuine quantal effects that are associated with generalized Brownian motion. All the quantal effects that are associated with the Zwanzig-Feynman-Vernon-Caldeira-Leggett model are (formally) a solution of the classical Langevin equation. Nonstochastic, genuine quantum mechanical effects are found for a model that takes into account either the disordered or the chaotic nature of some environment.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Author: Doron Cohen
Institution: Weizmann Institute of Science
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2088522575