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Leveraging the techniques found in the literature on Quantum Equilibration for finite dimensional systems, we develop the theory of Quantum Equilibration for the case of infinite-dimensional systems, particularly the cases where the…
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The coherent control of small quantum system is considered. For a two-level system coupled to an arbitrary bath we consider a pulse of finite duration. We derive the leading and the next-leading order corrections to the evolution operator…
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