Quantum dissipation of a heavy quark from a nonlinear stochastic Schrödinger equation

Abstract We study the open system dynamics of a heavy quark in the quark-gluon plasma using a Lindblad master equation. Applying the quantum state diffusion approach by Gisin and Percival, we derive and numerically solve a nonlinear stochastic Schrödinger equation for wave functions, which is equiva...

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Main Authors: Yukinao Akamatsu, Masayuki Asakawa, Shiori Kajimoto, Alexander Rothkopf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/JHEP07(2018)029