Diffusive limit for a quantum linear Boltzmann dynamics (Q2377326)
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Diffusive limit for a quantum linear Boltzmann dynamics (English)
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28 June 2013
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The author studies the diffusive behavior for a quantum test particle interacting with a dilute background gas. Under the assumption that the gas particle scattering occurs through a hard-sphere interaction, and the test particle dynamics is governed by a quantum linear Boltzmann equation, he results in a reduced model. For the reduced model, he shows that the state of the particle can be represented by a density matrix that evolves according to a translation-covariant Lindblad equation. Furthermore, he proves that the particle's position distribution converges asymptotically to a Gaussian under diffusive rescaling.
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quantum linear Boltzmann dynamics
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density matrix
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particle's position distribution
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diffusive limit
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