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The quantum dynamics of a two-level system coupled to an Ohmic spin- bath is studied by means of the perturbation approach based on a unitary transformation. A scattering function $\xi_k$ is introduced in the transformation to take into…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Zhiguo Lü , H. Zheng

The conventional interpretation of quantum mechanics, though it permits a correspondence to classical physics, leaves the exact mechanism of transition unclear. Though this was only of philosophical importance throughout the twentieth…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-05-22 John Gamble

Starting from a microscopic description of weak system-bath interactions, we derive from first principles a quantum master equation that does not rely on the well-known rotating wave approximation. This includes generic many-body systems,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Matteo Scandi , Álvaro M. Alhambra

Stochastic master equations are often used to describe conditional spin squeezing of atomic ensemble, but are limited so far to the systems with few atoms due to the exponentially increased Hilbert space. In this article, we present an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 ZhiQing Zhang , Yuan Zhang , HaiZhong Guo , ChongXin Shan , Gang Chen , Klaus Mølmer

We introduce a new analytical method for studying the open quantum systems problem of a discrete system weakly coupled to an environment of harmonic oscillators. Our approach is based on a phase space representation of the density matrix…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-27 Amir Fruchtman , Brendon W. Lovett , Simon C. Benjamin , Erik M. Gauger

We derive the exact out-of-equilibrium Wigner function of a bosonic mode linearly coupled to a bosonic bath of arbitrary spectral density. Our solution does not rely on any master equation approach and it therefore also correctly describes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-01-13 A. Rancon , J. Bonart

"Quantum mechanics must be regarded as open systems. On one hand, this is due to the fact that, like in classical physics, any realistic system is subjected to a coupling to an uncontrollable environment which influences it in a…

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

We present a detailed microscopic derivation for a non-Markovian master equation for a driven two-state system interacting with a general structured reservoir. The master equation is derived using the time-convolutionless projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Pinja Haikka

We derive the Hu-Paz-Zhang master equation for a Brownian particle linearly coupled to a bath of harmonic oscillators on the plane with spatial noncommutativity. The results obtained are exact to all orders in the noncommutative parameter.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-07-13 Nuno Costa Dias , Joao Nuno Prata

Quantum brownian motion is a fundamental model for a proper understanding of open quantum systems in different contexts such as chemistry, condensed matter physics, bio-physics and opto- mechamics. In this paper we propose a novel approach…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 Matteo Carlesso , Angelo Bassi

An approach, called discretized environment method, is introduced to treat exactly non-Markovian effects in open quantum systems. In this approach, a complex environment described by a spectral function is mapped into a finite set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 Denis Lacroix , V. V. Sargsyan , G. G. Adamian , N. V. Antonenko

We derive a quantum master equation in the context of a polymerized open quantum mechanical system for the scattering of a Brownian particle in an ideal gas environment. The model is formulated in a top-down approach by choosing a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-17 Kristina Giesel , Michael Kobler

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

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

Are Markovian master equations for quantum Brownian motion independent of model assumptions used in the derivation and, thus, universal? With the aim of answering this question, we use a random band-matrix model for the system-bath…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Eric Lutz , Hans A. Weidenmueller

We use the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis to derive a quantum master equation for a system weakly coupled to a chaotic finite-sized bath prepared in a pure state. We show that the emergence of Markovianity is controlled by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Peter O'Donovan , Philipp Strasberg , Kavan Modi , John Goold , Mark T. Mitchison

In recent years, there has been tremendous focus on identifying whether effective descriptions of open quantum systems such as master equations, can accurately describe the dynamics of open quantum systems. One particular question is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-23 Gerardo Suárez , Marcin Łobejko , Michał Horodecki

Exact master equations describing the decay of a two-state system into a structured reservoir are constructed. Employing the exact solution for the model we determine analytical expressions for the memory kernel of the Nakajima-Zwanzig…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-04 Bassano Vacchini , Heinz-Peter Breuer

Open Quantum Brownian Motion (OQBM) was introduced as a scaling limit of discrete-time open quantum walks. This limit defines a new class of quantum Brownian motion, which incorporates both the external and internal degrees of freedom of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Ayanda Zungu , Ilya Sinayskiy , Francesco Petruccione

We present a critical derivation of the high-temperature quantum Markovian master equation (HTME), examining its foundational assumptions, their quantum-mechanical implications, and its range of validity. Starting from the Born-Markov…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Ricardo C. Zamar , J. Agustín Taboada