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In numerical studies of the dynamics of unbound quantum mechanical systems, absorbing boundary conditions are frequently applied. Although this certainly provides a useful tool in facilitating the description of the system, its applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sølve Selstø , Simen Kvaal

The Bloch equation that set the foundation for open quantum systems, was conceived by pure physical reasoning. Since then, the Lindblad (GKLS) form of a quantum master equation, its most general mathematical representation, became an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Eugenia Pyurbeeva , Ronnie Kosloff

These notes are a short introduction to the mathematical theory of open quantum systems. They are meant to serve as an entry point into a broad research area which has applications across the quantum sciences dealing with systems subjected…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Marco Merkli , Ángel Neira

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

We obtain a Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad -like master equation for two or more quantum systems connected locally to a combination of Markovian and non-Markovian heat baths. The master equation was originally formulated for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Ahana Ghoshal , Ujjwal Sen

Correlations between different regions of a quantum many-body system can be quantified through measures based on entropies of (reduced) subsystem states. For closed systems, several analytical and numerical tools, e.g., hydrodynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-12-26 Federico Carollo , Vincenzo Alba

In experimentally realistic situations, quantum systems are never perfectly isolated and the coupling to their environment needs to be taken into account. Often, the effect of the environment can be well approximated by a Markovian master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Michael J. Hartmann , Giuseppe Carleo

Using Liouville space and superoperator formalism we consider pure stationary states of open and dissipative quantum systems. We discuss stationary states of open quantum systems, which coincide with stationary states of closed quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vasily E. Tarasov

Inferring the dynamical generator of a many-body quantum system from measurement data is essential for the verification, calibration, and control of quantum processors. When the system is open, this task becomes considerably harder than in…

Recent advances in quantum technologies and related experiments have created a need for highly accurate, versatile, and computationally efficient simulation techniques for the dynamics of open quantum systems. Long-lived correlation effects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Meng Xu , Vasilii Vadimov , J. T. Stockburger , J. Ankerhold

We study a generic family of Lindblad master equations modeling bipartite open quantum systems, where one tries to stabilize a quantum system by carefully designing its interaction with another, dissipative, quantum system-a strategy known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-02 Rémi Robin , Pierre Rouchon , Lev-Arcady Sellem

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

Recent experimental breakthroughs in trapping, cooling and controlling ultracold gases of polar molecules, magnetic and Rydberg atoms have paved the way toward the investigation of highly tunable quantum systems, where anisotropic,…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-02-11 M. A. Baranov , M. Dalmonte , G. Pupillo , P. Zoller

Open quantum systems host a wide range of intriguing phenomena, yet their simulation on well-controlled quantum devices is challenging, owing to the exponential growth of the Hilbert space and the inherently non-unitary nature of the…

Intrinsic noise in pre-fault-tolerant quantum devices poses a major challenge to the reliable realization of unitary dynamics in quantum algorithms and simulations. To address this, we present a method for simulating open quantum system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Kasturi Ranjan Swain , Rajesh K. Malla , Adolfo del Campo

Often quantum systems are not isolated and interactions with their environments must be taken into account. In such open quantum systems these environmental interactions can lead to decoherence and dissipation, which have a marked influence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-14 Raymond Kapral

A systematic first-order correction to the standard Markov master equation for open quantum systems interacting with a bosonic bath is presented. It extends the Markov Lindblad master equation to the more general case of non-Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ting Yu , Lajos Diosi , Nicolas Gisin , Walter T. Strunz

We study joint measurability of quantum observables in open systems governed by a master equation of Lindblad form. We briefly review the historical perspective of open systems and conceptual aspects of quantum measurements, focusing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-13 Jukka Kiukas , Pekka Lahti , Juha-Pekka Pellonpää

In this article, we investigate periodically driven open quantum systems within the framework of Floquet-Lindblad master equations. Specifically, we discuss Lindblad master equations in the presence of a coherent, time-periodic driving and…

We introduce a response theory for open quantum systems within nonequilibrium steady-states subject to a Hamiltonian perturbation. Working in the weak system-bath coupling regime, our results are derived within the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Amikam Levy , Eran Rabani , David T. Limmer