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Lindblad Plus From Feynman-Vernon

Statistical Mechanics 2020-03-03 v1

Abstract

I show how the Lindblad Plus equation will follow from the Feynman-Vernon theory. The Plus refers to the inclusion of non-Markov processes in the Lindblad equation resulting in an integro-differential general master equation. The equivalence of this general master equation and not the Lindblad equation alone to the Feynman-Vernon theory should be expected because the sum over histories approach of the FV theory clearly includes non-Markov processes, which Lindblad equation ignores. This should close the seeming gap between these two approaches to quantum open systems.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00194,
  title  = {Lindblad Plus From Feynman-Vernon},
  author = {Jose A. Magpantay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00194},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages

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