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View SchemaVariational Principle for Mixed Classical-Quantum Systems
| Authors | M. Grigorescu |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0610011 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610011 |
| DOI | 10.1139/P07-107 |
| Journal | Can. J. Phys. 85 (2007) 1023-1034 |
Abstract
An extended variational principle providing the equations of motion for a system consisting of interacting classical, quasiclassical and quantum components is presented, and applied to the model of bilinear coupling. The relevant dynamical variables are expressed in the form of a quantum state vector which includes the action of the classical subsystem in its phase factor. It is shown that the statistical ensemble of Brownian state vectors for a quantum particle in a classical thermal environment can be described by a density matrix evolving according to a nonlinear quantum Fokker-Planck equation. Exact solutions of this equation are obtained for a two-level system in the limit of high temperatures, considering both stationary and nonstationary initial states. A treatment of the common time shared by the quantum system and its classical environment, as a collective variable rather than as a parameter, is presented in the Appendix.
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