Quantum models of relaxation

A.B. Brailovskii^a, V.L. Vaks^a, V.V. Mityugov^b
^aInstitute of Microstructure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Ulyanova 46, Nizhnii Novgorod, 603600, Russian Federation
^bFederal Research Center A.V. Gaponov-Grekhov Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Ulyanova 46, Nizhny Novgorod, 603000, Russian Federation

Exactly solvable quantum models for an atom or a molecule interacting with a physical environment are considered. The kinetic description of the random walk of an open system is shown to be generally consistent with the phenomenological relaxation equations found use in spectroscopy. Some aspects of the problem of entropy increase are also revised.

PACS: 05.30.−d, 05.70.Ln, 34.10.+x, 42.50.Ct (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1996v039n07ABEH000159
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1996/7/f/
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A1996VC59800006
Citation: Brailovskii A B, Vaks V L, Mityugov V V "Quantum models of relaxation" Phys. Usp. 39 745–750 (1996)

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Оригинал: Брайловский А Б, Вакс В Л, Митюгов В В «Квантовые модели релаксации» УФН 166 795–800 (1996); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0166.199607f.0795

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