Description
The Feynman-Vernon path integral formalism is a powerful tool for studying open quantum systems. As a concrete example, quantum Brownian motion may be studied using the theory of open quantum systems. The goal of the first lecture will be to outline the Caldeira-Leggett model for quantum Brownian motion. The goal of the second lecture will be to introduce the Feynman-Vernon path integral formalism for open quantum systems and then to apply it to the Caldeira-Leggett model for quantum Brownian motion.
- Caldeira-Leggett model for quantum Brownian motion.
- Derive the high temperature equation of motion.
- Obtain an approximate stationary solution.
- Derive the exact Heisenberg equations of motion.
