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Adding dissipation to the Schrödinger equation from the quantum-potential viewpoint

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We discuss methods of adding dissipation to the Schrödinger equation in light of the quantum-potential interpretation of quantum mechanics. This favors nonlinear equations in general and Kostin's Schrödinger-Langevin equation in particular. We give a simple example, the dam** of small coherent oscillations.

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    T. P. Spiller, P. S. Spencer, T. D. Clark, J. F. Ralph, H. Prace, R. J. Prance & A. Clip**dale

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Spiller, T.P., Spencer, P.S., Clark, T.D. et al. Adding dissipation to the Schrödinger equation from the quantum-potential viewpoint. Found Phys Lett 4, 507–521 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00689888

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