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Title: Second-order quantized Hamilton dynamics coupled to classical heat bath

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1931666· OSTI ID:20722928
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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700 (United States)

Starting with a quantum Langevin equation describing in the Heisenberg representation a quantum system coupled to a quantum bath, the Markov approximation and, further, the closure approximation are applied to derive a semiclassical Langevin equation for the second-order quantized Hamilton dynamics (QHD) coupled to a classical bath. The expectation values of the system operators are decomposed into products of the first and second moments of the position and momentum operators that incorporate zero-point energy and moderate tunneling effects. The random force and friction as well as the system-bath coupling are decomposed to the lowest classical level. The resulting Langevin equation describing QHD-2 coupled to classical bath is analyzed and applied to free particle, harmonic oscillator, and the Morse potential representing the OH stretch of the SPC-flexible water model.

OSTI ID:
20722928
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 122, Issue 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.1931666; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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