Decoherence, Perturbations and Symmetry in Lindblad Dynamics -- Implications for Diffractive Dissociation
Abstract
We extend a perturbative Dyson-type treatment and discrete-symmetry constraints from the Schr\"{o}dinger and von Neumann equations to a dephasing Lindblad framework. This work develops further the odd-symmetric formulation involving dual temporal conditions from general dynamical considerations to specific tools of quantum mechanics. Applying the resulting scaling relations to published single- and double-diffractive data in and collisions (ISR, UA4, UA5, CDF, D0, ALICE, and E710), we show that single-diffraction cross sections are well described by a three-parameter fit with a relative RMS deviation of , substantially improving upon conventional approximations that neglect decoherence. The extracted decoherence factor is consistently , in agreement across SD, DD, and E710-based (direct) estimates, and is naturally interpreted as for CP-invariant dephasing but for CPT-invariant dephasing, favouring the latter.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.13922,
title = {Decoherence, Perturbations and Symmetry in Lindblad Dynamics -- Implications for Diffractive Dissociation},
author = {A. Y. Klimenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.13922},
year = {2026}
}
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31 pages, 3 figures