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A classical appraisal of quantum definitions of non-Markovian dynamics

Quantum Physics 2015-06-05 v1

Abstract

We consider the issue of non-Markovianity of a quantum dynamics starting from a comparison with the classical definition of Markovian process. We point to the fact that two sufficient but not necessary signatures of non-Markovianity of a classical process find their natural quantum counterpart in recently introduced measures of quantum non-Markovianity. This behavior is analyzed in detail for quantum dynamics which can be built taking as input a class of classical processes.

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@article{arxiv.1207.3918,
  title  = {A classical appraisal of quantum definitions of non-Markovian dynamics},
  author = {Bassano Vacchini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3918},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages, 6 figures; to appear in J. Phys. B, Special Issue on "Loss of coherence and memory effects in quantum dynamics"