On irreversible processes in quantum mechanics†
作者:
I. Prigogine,
M. Toda,
期刊:
Molecular Physics
(Taylor Available online 1958)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 1
页码: 48-62
ISSN:0026-8976
年代: 1958
DOI:10.1080/00268975800100071
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The methods developed by Prigogine and his colleagues are applied to the study of quantum mechanical systems. The density matrix is divided into a slowly varying and an oscillatory part, and asymptotic equations are established for the elements of this matrix. In the representation in which the unperturbed hamiltonian is diagonal, these equations take a particularly simple form for weakly coupled systems: the matrix elements lying on diagonals parallel to the principal diagonal undergo separate transformations. A particular case is that of the diagonal elements themselves; for these the well-known Pauli equations are obtained. As an illustrative example the problem of the frictional forces on an oscillator immersed in a thermostat is considered in detail. The frictional forces introduced by Langevin and Lorentz are special cases of this.
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