Diffusion of a Brownian Quantum Particle
Speaker:
Antti Kupiainen, University of Helsinki
Date and Time:
Friday, April 8, 2011 - 2:15pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We consider a quantum particle interacting with a free field environment and prove its motion is diffusive. Examples of environments are 3d optical or acoustic phonons. Our proof is based on a novel quantum renormalization group. Joint work with W. De Roeck
