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Effective dissipative dynamics for polarized photons

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

In the framework of open quantum systems, the propagation of polarized photons can be effectively described using quantum dynamical semigroups. These extended time-evolutions induce irreversibility and dissipation. Planned, high sensitive experiments, both in the laboratory and in space, will be able to put stringent bounds on these non-standard effects.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0009283,
  title  = {Effective dissipative dynamics for polarized photons},
  author = {F. Benatti and R. Floreanini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0009283},
  year   = {2008}
}

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15 pages, plain-TeX, no figures

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