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We examine the effectiveness of Lindblad master equation in capturing the short-time dynamics of entanglement and purity in open quantum systems. Focusing on two interacting two-level systems interacting with a larger environment, we…

We provide a rigorous construction of Markovian master equations for a wide class of quantum systems that encompass quadratic models of finite size, linearly coupled to an environment modeled by a set of independent thermal baths. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-18 Antonio D'Abbruzzo , Davide Rossini

As a key index for applications of a device, the device's reliability is its ability to survive (function normally over time) under the influence of some environment. In this paper we present a quantum energy-storing device model with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Bowen Sun , D. L. Zhou

We compare two approaches to open quantum systems, namely, the non-Hermitian dynamics and the Lindblad master equation. In order to deal with more general dissipative phenomena, we propose the unified master equation that combines the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-10 Konstantin G. Zloshchastiev , Alessandro Sergi

The dynamical behavior of open quantum systems plays a key role in many applications of quantum mechanics, examples ranging from fundamental problems, such as the environment-induced decay of quantum coherence and relaxation in many-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Heinz-Peter Breuer , Elsi-Mari Laine , Jyrki Piilo , Bassano Vacchini

We develop a Markovian master equation in the Lindblad form that enables the efficient study of a wide range of open quantum many-body systems that would be inaccessible with existing methods. The validity of the master equation is based…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-08 Frederik Nathan , Mark S. Rudner

The theory of quantum Brownian motion describes the properties of a large class of open quantum systems. Nonetheless, its description in terms of a Born-Markov master equation, widely used in the literature, is known to violate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-16 Aniello Lampo , Soon Hoe Lim , Jan Wehr , Pietro Massignan , Maciej Lewenstein

We investigate in parallel two common pictures used to describe quantum systems interacting with their surrounding environment, i.e., the stochastic Hamiltonian description, where the environment is implicitly included in the fluctuating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 Lorenzo Bernazzani , Balázs Gulácsi , Guido Burkard

The Lindblad equation determines the time evolution of the density operator of open quantum systems. While valid for any system size, its use is, in practice, restricted to prototype/surrogate models with the aim of tackling specific…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Benedikt M. Reible , Somayeh Ahmadkhani , Luigi Delle Site

We investigate the effects of dissipation on the quantum dynamics of many-body systems at quantum transitions, especially considering those of the first order. This issue is studied within the paradigmatic one-dimensional quantum Ising…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-12-08 Giovanni Di Meglio , Davide Rossini , Ettore Vicari

The Lindblad (GKLS) master equation, which represents the mathematical form for the general evolution of a density matrix, is a versatile and widely-used tool in open quantum systems. In contrast with the typical approach of imposing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Eugenia Pyurbeeva , Ronnie Kosloff

We extend the concept of superadiabatic dynamics, or transitionless quantum driving, to quantum open systems whose evolution is governed by a master equation in the Lindblad form. We provide the general framework needed to determine the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 G. Vacanti , R. Fazio , S. Montangero , G. M. Palma , M. Paternostro , V. Vedral

We present a detailed analysis of slowly driven quantum thermal machines based on interacting qubits within the framework of the Lindblad master equation. By implementing a systematic expansion in the driving rate, we derive explicit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Gerónimo J. Caselli , Luis O. Manuel , Liliana Arrachea

Many-body quantum systems present a rich phenomenology which can be significantly altered when they are in contact with an environment. In order to study such setups, a number of approximations are usually performed, either concerning the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-01-10 Xiansong Xu , Juzar Thingna , Chu Guo , Dario Poletti

We study the effects of dissipative boundaries in many-body systems at continuous quantum transitions, when the parameters of the Hamiltonian driving the unitary dynamics are close to their critical values. As paradigmatic models, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-09-01 Francesco Tarantelli , Ettore Vicari

Quantum computers can efficiently simulate Lindbladian dynamics, enabling powerful applications in open system simulation, thermal and ground-state preparation, autonomous quantum error correction, dissipative engineering, and more. Despite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-20 Wenjun Yu , Xiaogang Li , Qi Zhao , Xiao Yuan

Master equations of Lindblad type have attained prominent status in the fields of quantum optics and quantum information since they are guaranteed to satisfy fundamental notions of quantum dynamics such as complete positivity. When Lindblad…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-04 Jürgen T. Stockburger , Thomas Motz

In the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems, a master equation for the quantum harmonic oscillator interacting with a dissipative environment, in particular with a thermal bath, is derived for the case when the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Isar , A. Sandulescu , W. Scheid

Effective field theories have often been applied to systems with deeply inelastic reactions that produce particles with large momenta outside the domain of validity of the effective theory. The effects of the deeply inelastic reactions have…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-21 Eric Braaten , H. -W. Hammer , G. Peter Lepage

The Lindblad equation is commonly used for studying quantum dynamics in open systems that cannot be completely isolated from an environment, relevant to a broad variety of research fields, such as atomic physics, materials science, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Zhu Ruan , Roi Baer