Bringing together the key ideas from nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and powerful
methodology from quantum field theory, this 2008 book captures the essence of …

A modern variation of the Rutherford experiment to probe the tunneling of exotic nuclear
matter from the measurement of the residues formed in the bombardment of Au 197 by …

The dissipative dynamics of a quantum Brownian particle is studied for different types of
environment. We derive analytic results for the time evolution of the mean energy of the …

We present a quantum open-system approach to analyze the nonunitary dynamics of a
superconducting qubit when it evolves under the influence of external noise. We consider …

We apply recent results on the probability distribution for quantum stress tensor fluctuations
to the problem of barrier penetration by quantum particles. The probability for large stress …

In quantum information processing, one often considers inserting a barrier into a box
containing a particle to generate one bit of Shannon entropy. We formulate this problem as a …

We show, both numerically and analytically, that for the modulated double well potential
given by− 1 2 m ω 2 x 2 (1+ ϵ cos⁡(Ω t))+ m λ 4 x 4, a particle initially placed with zero …

Macroscopic quantum tunnelling is described using the master equation for the reduced
Wigner function of an open quantum system at zero temperature. Our model consists of a …

The interaction between solid-state qubits and their environmental degrees of freedom
produces non-unitary effects like decoherence and dissipation. Uncontrolled decoherence is …

We analyze the effects that general environments, namely ohmic and non-ohmic, at zero
and high temperature induce over a quantum Brownian particle. We state that the evolution …