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Dissipative "Groups" and the Bloch Ball

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that a quantum control procedure on a two-level system including dissipation gives rise to a semi-group corresponding to the Lie algebra semi-direct sum gl(3,R)+R^3. The physical evolution may be modelled by the action of this semi-group on a 3-vector as it moves inside the Bloch sphere, in the Bloch ball.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0211027,
  title  = {Dissipative "Groups" and the Bloch Ball},
  author = {Allan I. Solomon and Sonia G. Schirmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0211027},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages. Proceedings of Group 24, Paris, July, 2002