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We introduce an alternative way to understand the decomposition of a quantum system into interacting parts and show that it is natural in several physical models. This enables us to define a reduced density operator for a working system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-08 Adam Stokes

Gleason's theorem asserts the equivalence of von Neumann's density operator formalism of quantum mechanics and frame functions, which are functions on the pure states that sum to 1 on any orthonormal basis of Hilbert space of dimension at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-16 Jiri Lebl , Asif Shakeel , Nolan Wallach

Quantum estimation theory is a reformulation of random statistical theory with the modern language of quantum mechanics. In fact, the density operator plays a role similar to that of probability distribution functions in classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 Bakmou Lahcen , Daoud Mohammed

In this paper we study some aspects of thermodynamic formalism, more specifically topological pressure and, as a consequence, topological entropy for piecewise smooth vector fields, using topological conjugation with shift maps and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Marco A. C. Florentino , Tiago Carvalho , Jeferson Cassiano

We present a general formalism with the aim of describing the situation of an entity, how it is, how it reacts to experiments, how we can make statistics with it, and how it changes under the influence of the rest of the universe. Therefore…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Diederik Aerts

We formulate a statistical wave-mechanical approach to describe dissipation and instabilities in two-dimensional turbulent flows of magnetized plasmas and atmospheric fluids, such as drift and Rossby waves. This is made possible by the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 Konstantin G. Zloshchastiev

We develop a non-extensive thermodynamic formalism for the one-sided shift on a finite alphabet, inspired by Tsallis' generalization of Boltzmann entropy in statistical physics. We introduce notions of $q$-entropy, $q$-pressure, and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Artur O. Lopes , Paulo Varandas

A unified formulation of the density functional theory is constructed on the foundations of entropic inference in both the classical and the quantum regimes. The theory is introduced as an application of entropic inference for inhomogeneous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-20 Ahmad Yousefi

The expression for the density operator of the damped harmonic oscillator is derived from the master equation in the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems. Then the von Neumann entropy and effective temperature of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Isar

Traditional quantum thermodynamic frameworks associate work to energy exchanges induced by unitary transformations generated by external controls, and heat to energy exchanges induced by bath interaction. Recently, a framework was…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Tiago F. F. Santos , Camille Latune

We evaluate the density matrix of an arbitrary quantum mechanical system in terms of the quantities pertinent to the solution of the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) problem. Our theory utilizes the adiabatic connection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Vladimir U. Nazarov

In this paper we discuss a formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics that uses Euclidean Green functions or generating functionals as input. This formalism has a close relation to quantum field theory, but as a theory of linear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Philip Kopp , Wayne Polyzou

The objective of this series of three papers is to axiomatically derive quantum mechanics from classical mechanics and two other basic axioms. In this first paper, Schreodinger's equation for the density matrix is fist obtained and from it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 L. S. F. Olavo

We present the mathematical model of decision making (DM) of agents acting in a complex and uncertain environment (combining huge variety of economical, financial, behavioral, and geo-political factors). To describe interaction of agents…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 F. Bagarello , A. Khrennikov , E. Haven

We present an alternative form of master equation, applicable on the analysis of non-equilibrium dynamics of fermionic open quantum systems. The formalism considers a general scenario, composed by a multipartite quantum system in contact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-15 Fabrício M. Souza , L. Sanz

In this paper we consider density matrices operator related to non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. In particular, we analyse two natural extensions of what is usually called a density matrix operator (DM), of pure states and of the entropy…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-01-22 Fabio Bagarello , Francesco Gargano , Lidia Saluto

In most cases the ultrafast dynamics of resonantly excited molecules are considered, and almost always computed in the molecular frame, while experiments are carried out in the laboratory frame. Here we provide a formalism in terms of a lab…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-11-09 Margaret Gregory , Simon Neville , Michael Schuurman , Varun Makhija

We argue that the complex numbers are an irreducible object of quantum probability. This can be seen in the measurements of geometric phases that have no classical probabilistic analogue. Having complex phases as primitive ingredient…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Charis Anastopoulos

An addition rule of impure density operators, which provides a pure state density operator, is formulated. Quantum interference including visibility property is discussed in the context of the density operator formalism. A measure of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Vladimir I Man'ko , Giuseppe Marmo , E C George Sudarshan , Francesco Zaccaria

Hilbert space operators may be mapped onto a space of ordinary functions (operator symbols) equipped with an associative (but noncommutative) star-product. A unified framework for such maps is reviewed. Because of its clear probabilistic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-31 M. A. Man'ko , V. I. Man'ko , R. Vilela Mendes