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Frictional quantum decoherence

Bruno Bellomo et al 2007 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40 9437-9453   doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/31/019  Help

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Bruno Bellomo1, Stephen M Barnett2 and John Jeffers2
1 Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche ed Astronomiche dell'Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi, 36, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
2 Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK

Abstract. The dynamics associated with a measurement-based master equation for quantum Brownian motion are investigated. A scheme for obtaining time evolution from general initial conditions is derived. This is applied to analyse dissipation and decoherence in the evolution of both a Gaussian and a Schrödinger cat initial state. Dependence on the diffusive terms present in the master equation is discussed with reference to both the coordinate and momentum representations.

PACS numbers: 03.65.Yz, 05.40.Jc, 12.20.Ds

Print publication: Issue 31 (3 August 2007)
Received 26 April 2007, in final form 19 June 2007
Published 19 July 2007

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