Limitations on the utility of exact master equations

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2005.04.008MaRDI QIDQ2569944zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors G. W. Ford, R. F. O'Connell

Publication date 24 October 2005

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0504132

zbMATH Keywords

master equationLangevin equationheat bath

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

Abstract: The low temperature solution of the exact master equation for an oscillator coupled to a linear passive heat bath is known to give rise to serious divergences. We now show that, even in the high temperature regime, problems also exist, notably the fact that the density matrix is not necessarily positive.

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