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Quantum Brownian Motion: Recent Developments

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Quantum Optics IV

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This is a short report reviewing the progress achieved in Quantum Brownian Motion over the last five years. The emphasis will be, mainly, on basic ideas and results. I shall not try to invest any time in lengthy deductions or mathematical details of the approach employed here.

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  1. Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campiñas, Cidade Universitária “Zeferino Vaz”, 13100, SP, Brazil

    A. O. Caldeira

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  1. University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand

    John D. Harvey

  2. Department of Physics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Daniel F. Walls

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Caldeira, A.O. (1986). Quantum Brownian Motion: Recent Developments. In: Harvey, J.D., Walls, D.F. (eds) Quantum Optics IV. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71407-8_23

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