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Monitoring approach to open quantum dynamics using scattering theory

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

It is shown how S-matrix theory and the concept of continuous quantum measurements can be combined to yield Markovian master equations which describe the environmental interaction non-perturbatively. The method is then applied to obtain the master equation for the effects of a gas on the internal dynamics of an immobile complex quantum system, such as a trapped molecule, in terms of the exact multi-channel scattering amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0612078,
  title  = {Monitoring approach to open quantum dynamics using scattering theory},
  author = {Klaus Hornberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0612078},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages; published version