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Non-Markovian quantum trajectories: an exact result

Quantum Physics 2009-07-30 v2

Abstract

We analyze the non-Markovian stochastic Schroedinger equation describing a particle subject to spontaneous collapses in space (in the language of collapse models), or subject to a continuous measurement of its position (in the language of continuous quantum measurement). For the first time, we give the explicit general solution for the free particle case (H = p^2/2m), and discuss the main properties. We analyze the case of an exponential correlation function for the noise, giving a quantitative description of the dynamics and of its dependence on the correlation time.

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@article{arxiv.0907.1615,
  title  = {Non-Markovian quantum trajectories: an exact result},
  author = {Angelo Bassi and Luca Ferialdi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1615},
  year   = {2009}
}

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