03997nam 22006975 450 991073947630332120200702075614.03-030-16804-210.1007/978-3-030-16804-9(CKB)4100000007992552(MiAaPQ)EBC5759507(DE-He213)978-3-030-16804-9(PPN)235669393(EXLCZ)99410000000799255220190423d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierQuantum Brownian Motion Revisited Extensions and Applications /by Aniello Lampo, Miguel Ángel García March, Maciej Lewenstein1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2019.1 online resource (111 pages)SpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-54233-030-16803-4 Introduction -- Classical Brownian motion -- Quantum Brownian motion -- Non-linear quantum Brownian motion -- A Lindblad model for quantum Brownian motion -- Heisenberg equations approach -- Conclusions and perspectives -- Heisenberg principle for density operators -- Gaussian approximation -- Bibliography.Quantum Brownian motion represents a paradigmatic model of open quantum system, namely a system inextricably coupled to the surrounding environment. Such a model is largely used in physics, for instance in quantum foundations to approach in a quantitative manner the quantum-to-classical transition, but also for more practical purposes as the estimation of decoherence in quantum optics experiments. This book presents the main techniques aimed to treat the dynamics of the quantum Brownian particle: Born-Markov master equation, Lindblad equation and Heisenberg equations formalism. Particular attention is given to the interaction between the particle and the bath depends non-linearly on the position of the former. This generalization corresponds to the case in which the bath is not homogeneous. An immediate application is the Bose polaron, specifically an impurity embedded in an ultracold gas.SpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-5423Quantum physicsStatistical physicsLow temperature physicsLow temperaturesQuantum opticsPhase transformations (Statistical physics)Condensed materialsQuantum Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19080Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19090Low Temperature Physicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25130Quantum Opticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24050Quantum Gases and Condensateshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P24033Quantum physics.Statistical physics.Low temperature physics.Low temperatures.Quantum optics.Phase transformations (Statistical physics).Condensed materials.Quantum Physics.Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.Low Temperature Physics.Quantum Optics.Quantum Gases and Condensates.530.475Lampo Anielloauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1061980García March Miguel Ángelauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autLewenstein Maciejauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910739476303321Quantum Brownian Motion Revisited3553232UNINA