Abstract

The Caldeira-Leggett master equation for dissipative quantum dynamics has predominantly been implemented in phase space, where it plays the role of a quantum Fokker-Planck equation. Here we demonstrate the feasibility of a pure coordinate space implementation in the case of intermediate damping strength and temperature, for times long enough to observe thermal equilibration. After a thorough numerical investigation of the analytically solvable harmonic oscillator case, a Morse oscillator model is studied. This is a case in which a quantal phase space approach would be difficult to implement and we show how analytical results for thermal averages are reproduced to a surprisingly high degree.

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