{
  "id": "quant-ph/0607085",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2006-07-13T20:01:16.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-09-05T20:00:26.000Z",
  "title": "Master equation for a quantum particle in a gas",
  "authors": [
    "Klaus Hornberger"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages; published version",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 060601 (2006)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.060601",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "The equation for the quantum motion of a Brownian particle in a gaseous environment is derived by means of S-matrix theory. This quantum version of the linear Boltzmann equation accounts non-perturbatively for the quantum effects of the scattering dynamics and describes decoherence and dissipation in a unified framework. As a completely positive master equation it incorporates both the known equation for an infinitely massive Brownian particle and the classical linear Boltzmann equation as limiting cases.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2006-09-05T20:00:26.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "master equation",
      "quantum particle",
      "classical linear boltzmann equation",
      "linear boltzmann equation accounts",
      "massive brownian particle"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}