• Title of article

    Quantum Smoluchowski equation: escape from a metastable state

  • Author/Authors

    Dhruba Banerjee، نويسنده , , Bidhan Chandra Bag، نويسنده , , Suman Kumar Banik، نويسنده , , Deb Shankar Ray، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    6
  • To page
    13
  • Abstract
    We develop a quantum Smoluchowski equation in terms of a true probability distribution function to describe quantum Brownian motion in configuration space in large friction limit at arbitrary temperature and derive the rate of barrier crossing and tunneling within a unified scheme. The present treatment is independent of path integral formalism and is based on canonical quantization procedure.
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
  • Record number

    868240