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Equilibration of a dissipative quantum oscillator
Author(s) -
Ambegaokar V.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.200610236
Subject(s) - physics , spinor , spacetime , theoretical physics , inflation (cosmology) , scalar field , mathematical physics , classical mechanics , cosmological constant , dissipative system , field (mathematics) , einstein field equations , extra dimensions , scalar (mathematics) , einstein , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics , pure mathematics
An explicit demonstration is given of a harmonic oscillator in equilibrium approaching the equilibrium of a corresponding interacting system by coupling it to a thermal bath consisting of a continuum of harmonic oscillators.