| Issue |
EPL
Volume 94, Number 1, April 2011
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 10006 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/94/10006 | |
| Published online | 07 April 2011 | |
The geometry and thermodynamics of dissipative quantum systems
ETH Zürich, Department of Materials, Polymer Physics, HCI H 543 - CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Received:
11
November
2010
Accepted:
9
March
2011
Dirac's method of classical analogy is employed to include quantum degrees of freedom into a geometric framework of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. The proposed formulation of dissipative quantum mechanics builds entirely upon the geometric structures implied by commutators and canonical correlations. A lucid formulation of a nonlinear quantum master equation follows from the thermodynamic structure. The approach is applicable even at very low temperatures and complex classical environments with internal structure can be handled readily.
PACS: 05.70.Ln – Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics / 03.65.Yz – Decoherence; open systems; quantum statistical methods
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