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The Lindblad equation is widely employed in studies of Markovian quantum open systems. Here, firstly, a simple result is presented on the time evolution of the non Neumann entropy under the Lindblad equation, which enables one to examine if…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-18 Congjie Ou , Ralph V. Chamberlin , Sumiyoshi Abe

Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians and Lindblad operators are some of the most important generators of dynamics for describing quantum systems interacting with different kinds of environments. The first type differs from conservative evolution by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-27 Daniel Finkelstein-Shapiro

We consider the natural generalization of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation to Markovian open system dynamics: the so-called the Lindblad equation. We give a quantum algorithm for simulating the evolution of an $n$-qubit system for time $t$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-07 Richard Cleve , Chunhao Wang

The loss of ultracold trapped atoms due to deeply inelastic reactions has previously been taken into account in effective field theories for low-energy atoms by adding local anti-Hermitian terms to the effective Hamiltonian. Here we show…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2017-02-01 Eric Braaten , H. -W. Hammer , G. Peter Lepage

In this paper, we investigate the problem of simulating open system dynamics governed by the well-known Lindblad master equation. In our prequel paper, we introduced an input model in which Lindblad operators are encoded into pure quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Dhrumil Patel , Mark M. Wilde

We are interested in the simulation of open quantum systems governed by the Lindblad master equation in an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space. To simulate the solution of this equation, the standard approach involves two sequential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Paul-Louis Etienney , Rémi Robin , Pierre Rouchon

In arXiv:1609.03493, the authors extended the exact renormalization group (ERG) to arbitrary wave-functionals in quantum field theory (QFT). Applying this formalism, we show that the ERG flow of density matrices is given by a Lindblad…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-23 Samuel Goldman , Nima Lashkari , Robert G. Leigh

The theory of open quantum system is one of the most essential tools for the development of quantum technologies. Furthermore, the Lindblad (or Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad) Master Equation plays a key role as it is the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-06 Daniel Manzano

In this paper, we describe a possible generalization of the Wasserstein 2-metric, originally defined on the space of scalar probability densities, to the space of Hermitian matrices with trace one, and to the space of matrix-valued…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-11 Yongxin Chen , Tryphon T. Georgiou , Allen Tannenbaum

Quantum scientific computing is to solve engineering and science problems such as simulation and optimization on quantum computers. Solving ordinary and partial differential equations (PDEs) is essential in simulations. However, existing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Eunsik Choi , Jungin E. Kim , Xueling Lu , Yan Wang

We develop a systematic field-theoretical approach to open quantum systems based on condensed-matter many-body methods. The time evolution of the reduced density matrix for the open quantum system is determined by a transmission matrix.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 Hans C. Fogedby

We investigate the dynamics of a qubit chain locally coupled to a thermal reservoir, modeled through repeated collisions with particles drawn from a heat bath. Under suitable conditions, the resulting Lindblad equation is thermodynamically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Jorge Tabanera-Bravo , Massimiliano Esposito , Felipe Barra , Juan M. R. Parrondo

It is shown that in order for the solutions of the Lindblad equation never to give a decreasing von Neumann entropy, it is necessary and sufficient that the operators appearing in this equation should be unitary linear combinations of their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-25 Steven Weinberg

We consider the generalized pure state density matrix which depends on different time moments. The evolution equation for this density matrix is obtained in case where the density matrix corresponds to the solutions of Gross-Pitaevskii…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-12 V. N. Chernega , O. V. Man'ko , V. I. Man'ko

We propose a complete treatment of a local in time dynamics of open quantum systems. In this approach Markovian evolution turns out to be a special case of a general non-Markovian one. We provide a general representation of the local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-15 Dariusz Chruscinski , Andrzej Kossakowski

The Lindblad master equation is a foundational tool for modeling the dynamics of open quantum systems. As its use has extended far beyond its original domain, the boundaries of its validity have grown opaque. In particular, the rise of new…

It is shown how any Lindbladian evolution with selfadjoint Lindblad operators, either Markovian or nonMarkovian, can be understood as an averaged random unitary evolution. Both mathematical and physical consequences are analyzed. First a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Salgado , J. L. Sanchez-Gomez

Using the Bloch representation of an N-dimensional quantum system and immediate results from quantum stochastic calculus, we establish a closed formula for the Bloch vector, hence also for the density operator, of a quantum system following…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Salgado , J. L. Sanchez-Gomez

Markovian open quantum systems are described by the Lindblad master equation $\partial_t\rho =\mathcal{L}(\rho)$, where $\rho$ denotes the system's density operator and $\mathcal{L}$ the Liouville super-operator, which is also known as the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 Yikang Zhang , Thomas Barthel

A semiclassical approximation for an evolving density operator, driven by a "closed" hamiltonian operator and "open" markovian Lindblad operators, is obtained. The theory is based on the chord function, i.e. the Fourier transform of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 A. M. Ozorio de Almeida , P. de M. Rios , O. Brodier