Quantum angular momentum diffusion of rigid bodies

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/AA99D1arXiv1712.05596OpenAlexW2767846191MaRDI QIDQ6204433FDOQ6204433

Authors: Benjamin A. Stickler, Klaus Hornberger 

Publication date: 28 March 2024

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how to describe the diffusion of the quantized angular momentum vector of an arbitrarily shaped rigid rotor as induced by its collisional interaction with an environment. We present the general form of the Lindblad-type master equation and relate it to the orientational decoherence of an asymmetric nanoparticle in the limit of small anisotropies. The corresponding diffusion coefficients are derived for gas particles scattering off large molecules and for ambient photons scattering off dielectric particles, using the elastic scattering amplitudes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.05596

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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