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We show that if a product system comes from a quantum Markov semigroup, then it carries a natural Borel structure with respect to which the semigroup may be realized in terms of a measurable representation. We show, too, that the dual…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Paul S. Muhly , Baruch Solel

We give a simple and direct treatment of the strong convergence of quantum random walks to quantum stochastic operator cocycles, via the semigroup decomposition of such cocycles. Our approach also delivers convergence of the pointwise…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-07 Alexander C. R. Belton , Michal Gnacik , J. Martin Lindsay

In the paper it is defined two marginal Markov processes on von Neumann algebras $\cm$ and $\cm\o\cm$, respectively, corresponding to given quantum quadratic stochastic process (q.q.s.p.). It is proved that such marginal processes uniquely…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2010-11-08 Farrukh Mukhamedov

The irreversible motion of an open quantum system can be represented through an ensemble of state vectors following a stochastic dynamics with piecewise deterministic paths. It is shown that this representation leads to a natural definition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heinz-Peter Breuer

We study the decoherence process for an open quantum system which is classically chaotic (a quartic double well with harmonic driving coupled to a sea of harmonic oscillators). We analyze the time dependence of the rate of entropy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Diana Monteoliva , Juan Pablo Paz

Entropy serves as a central observable in equilibrium thermodynamics. However, many biological and ecological systems operate far from thermal equilibrium. Here we show that entropy production can characterize the behavior of such…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-17 Benjamin Andrae , Jonas Cremer , Tobias Reichenbach , Erwin Frey

Coherent states on the quantum group $SU_q(2)$ are defined by using harmonic analysis and representation theory of the algebra of functions on the quantum group. Semiclassical limit $q\rightarrow 1$ is discussed and the crucial role of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 I. Ya. Aref'eva , R. Parthasarathy , K. S. Viswanathan , I. V. Volovich

We introduce a framework to study discrete-variable (DV) quantum systems based on qudits. It relies on notions of a mean state (MS), a minimal stabilizer-projection state (MSPS), and a new convolution. Some interesting consequences are: The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 Kaifeng Bu , Weichen Gu , Arthur Jaffe

Quantum stochastic cocycles provide a basic model for time-homogeneous Markovian evolutions in a quantum setting, and a direct counterpart in continuous time to quantum random walks, in both the Schrodinger and Heisenberg pictures. This…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-31 J. Martin Lindsay , Stephen J. Wills

The entropy production is one of the most essential features for systems operating out of equilibrium. The formulation for discrete-state systems goes back to the celebrated Schnakenberg's work and hitherto can be carried out when for each…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-15 D. M. Busiello , D. Gupta , A. Maritan

Quantum neuromorphic computing (QNC) is a sub-field of quantum machine learning (QML) that capitalizes on inherent system dynamics. As a result, QNC can run on contemporary, noisy quantum hardware and is poised to realize challenging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-22 Rodrigo Araiza Bravo , Khadijeh Najafi , Taylor L. Patti , Xun Gao , Susanne F. Yelin

We propose to construct Markov dynamics with specified characteristics using a cycle decomposition of the space of Markov chains introduced by Cohen and Alpern. As an application of this approach, we derive the minimal entropy production…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-03-13 David Andrieux

Non-equilibrium physics is a particularly fascinating field of current research. Generically, driven systems are gradually heated up so that quantum effects die out. In contrast, we show that a driven central spin model including controlled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Goetz S. Uhrig

For quantum mechanical systems an entropy-like quantity $S_q$ is defined. $S_q$ can differ from the usually defined entropy $S$ and $S_q$ may increase with time for an isolated system. The essential condition for the difference between $S$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Schlieder

We show that quantum computation can be performed in a system at thermal equilibrium if a spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs. The computing process is associated to the time evolution of the statistical average of the qubit coherence…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. de Pasquale , S. M. Giampaolo

Our everyday descriptions of the universe are highly coarse-grained, following only a tiny fraction of the variables necessary for a perfectly fine-grained description. Coarse graining in classical physics is made natural by our limited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Murray Gell-Mann , James Hartle

One of the major goals of quantum thermodynamics is the characterization of irreversibility and its consequences in quantum processes. Here, we discuss how entropy production provides a quantification of the irreversibility in open quantum…

We present different characterizations of the notion of irreducibility for Quantum Markov Semigroups (QMSs) and investigate its relationship with other relevant features of the dynamics, such as primitivity, positivity improvement and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-15 Franco Fagnola , Federico Girotti

We investigate the irreversible entropy production of a qubit in contact with an environment modelled by a microscopic collision model both in Markovian and non-Markovian regimes. Our main goal is to contribute to the discussions on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-15 Hüseyin T. Şenyaşa , Şahinde Kesgin , Göktuğ Karpat , Barış Çakmak

We present a general framework for deriving entropy production rates (EPRs) in active matter systems driven by non-Gaussian active fluctuations. Employing the probability-flow equivalence technique, we rigorously obtain an entropy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-12 Yuanfei Huang , Chengyu Liu , Bing Miao , Xiang Zhou