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We analytically derive the exact -- though formal -- master equation for a two-level quantum system (qubit) interacting with a bosonic environment within the rotating-wave approximation, assuming the environment is initially in an arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-16 Hiromichi Nakazato , Saverio Pascazio

Quantum systems interacting with an unknown environment are notoriously difficult to model, especially in presence of non-Markovian and non-perturbative effects. Here we introduce a neural network based approach, which has the mathematical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Leonardo Banchi , Edward Grant , Andrea Rocchetto , Simone Severini

The time evolution of Markovian open quantum systems is governed by Lindblad master equations, whose solution can be formally written as the Lindbladian exponential acting on the initial density matrix. By expanding this Lindbladian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-03 Jiayin Gu , Fan Zhang

This is a set of lecture notes suitable for a Master's course on quantum computation and information from the perspective of theoretical computer science. The first version was written in 2011, with many extensions and improvements in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Ronald de Wolf

In this paper, Thermofield Dynamics (TFD) is applied to map a quantum optics nonlinear master equation into a Schrodinger-like equation for any arbitrary initial condition. This formalism provides a more efficient way for solving open…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Urjjarani Patel , KVS Shiv Chaitanya

Quantum stochastic master equations of jump type are formulated in a general way and connections with quantum/classical hybrid systems and quantum filtering theory are discussed. By introducing the notion of ``typical trajectory", we show…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Alberto Barchielli

The Lindblad equation generalizes the Schr\"{o}dinger equation to quantum systems that undergo dissipative dynamics. The quantum simulation of Lindbladian dynamics is therefore non-unitary, preventing a naive application of state-of-the-art…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Matthew Pocrnic , Dvira Segal , Nathan Wiebe

We point to the connection between a recently introduced class of non-Markovian master equations and the general structure of quantum collisional models. The basic construction relies on three basic ingredients: a collection of time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-06-09 Bassano Vacchini

The cost of classical simulations of quantum many-body dynamics is often determined by the amount of entanglement in the system. In this paper, we study entanglement in stochastic quantum trajectory approaches that solve master equations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-19 Tatiana Vovk , Hannes Pichler

This book serves as an introductory yet thorough guide to tensor networks and their applications in quantum computation and quantum information, designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level readers. In Part I, foundational topics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-07 Mario Collura , Guglielmo Lami , Nishan Ranabhat , Alessandro Santini

Path integrals have, over the years, proven to be an extremely versatile tool for simulating the dynamics of open quantum systems. The initial limitations of applicability of these methods in terms of the size of the system has steadily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Amartya Bose

In the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems the damping of the harmonic oscillator is studied. A generalization of the fundamental constraints on quantum mechanical diffusion coefficients which appear in the master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Isar , A. Sandulescu

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

In the field of atom optics, the basis of many experiments is a two level atom coupled to a light field. The evolution of this system is governed by a master equation. The irreversible components of this master equation describe the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. J. Atkins , H. M. Wiseman , P. Warszawski

We employ the Lindblad master equation method to study the nonequilibrium dynamics following a parametric quench in the Hamiltonian of an open, two-dimensional superconducting system coupled to an external bath. Within our approach we show…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-19 Andrea Nava , Carmine Antonio Perroni , Reinhold Egger , Luca Lepori , Domenico Giuliano

We present a master equation describing the interaction of light with dielectric objects of arbitrary sizes and shapes. The quantum motion of the object, the quantum nature of light, as well as scattering processes to all orders in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-30 Anika C. Pflanzer , Oriol Romero-Isart , J. Ignacio Cirac

We investigate the relation between non-Hermitian Hamiltonian and Lindblad dynamics in nonequilibrium open quantum systems. Non-Hermitian models can extend phase diagrams and enable sensing advantages, but such effects often rely on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Grazia Di Bello , Fabrizio Pavan , Vittorio Cataudella , Donato Farina

We develop a package of numerical simulations implemented in MATLAB to solve complex many-body quantum systems. We focus on widely used examples that include the calculation of the magnetization dynamics for the closed and open Ising model,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-24 Ariel Norambuena , Diego Tancara , Raúl Coto

This work makes progress on the issue of global vs. local master equations. Global master equations like the Redfield master equation (following from standard Born and Markov approximation) require a full diagonalization of the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-30 Alexander Schnell

The coherent quantum dynamics of a single bosonic spin variable, subject to a constraint derived from the quantum spherical model of a ferromagnet, and coupled to an external heat bath, is studied through the Lindblad equation for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-12 Sascha Wald , Malte Henkel