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Tensor power of dynamical maps and P- vs. CP-divisibility

Quantum Physics 2017-01-18 v1

Abstract

The are several non-equivalent notions of Markovian quantum evolution. In this paper we show that the one based on the so-called CP-divisibility of the corresponding dynamical map enjoys the following stability property: the dynamical map Λt\Lambda_t is CP-divisible iff the second tensor power ΛtΛt\Lambda_t\otimes\Lambda_t is CP-divisible as well. Moreover, the P-divisibility of the map ΛtΛt\Lambda_t\otimes\Lambda_t is equivalent to the CP-divisibility of the map Λt\Lambda_t. Interestingly, the latter property is no longer true if we replace the P-divisibility of ΛtΛt\Lambda_t\otimes\Lambda_t by simple positivity and the CP-divisibility of Λt\Lambda_t by complete positivity. That is, unlike when Λt\Lambda_t has a time-independent generator, positivity of ΛtΛt\Lambda_t\otimes\Lambda_t does not imply complete positivity of Λt\Lambda_t.

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@article{arxiv.1610.04634,
  title  = {Tensor power of dynamical maps and P- vs. CP-divisibility},
  author = {Fabio Benatti and Dariusz Chruściński and Sergey Filippov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04634},
  year   = {2017}
}

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