{
  "id": "cond-mat/0412352",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2004-12-14T10:00:20.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-01-13T14:19:24.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum Brownian Motion With Large Friction",
  "authors": [
    "Joachim Ankerhold",
    "Hermann Grabert",
    "Philip Pechukas"
  ],
  "comment": "11 pages, 6 figures, to appear in: Chaos: \"100 years of Brownian motion\"",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.1855731",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Quantum Brownian motion in the strong friction limit is studied based on the exact path integral formulation of dissipative systems. In this limit the time-nonlocal reduced dynamics can be cast into an effective equation of motion, the quantum Smoluchowski equation. For strongly condensed phase environments it plays a similar role as master equations in the weak coupling range. Applications for chemical, mesoscopic, and soft matter systems are discussed and reveal the substantial role of quantum fluctuations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2005-01-13T14:19:24.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum brownian motion",
      "large friction",
      "exact path integral formulation",
      "quantum smoluchowski equation",
      "soft matter systems"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 11,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}