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We consider Markovian open quantum dynamics (MOQD). We show that, up to small-probability tails, the supports of quantum states evolving under such dynamics propagate with finite speed in any finite-energy subspace. More precisely, we prove…

We prove a maximal velocity bound for the dynamics of Markovian open quantum systems. The dynamics are described by one-parameter semi-groups of quantum channels satisfying the von Neumann-Lindblad equation. Our result says that dynamically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Sébastien Breteaux , Jérémy Faupin , Marius Lemm , Israel Michael Sigal

In this paper, we study the evolution of Markovian open quantum systems, whose dynamics are governed by the von Neumann-Lindblad equations. Our goal is to prove the return-to-equilibrium property for systems of infinite degrees of freedom…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 Donghao Ouyang , Israel Michael Sigal

The speed limit of information propagation is one of the most fundamental features in non-equilibrium physics. The region of information propagation by finite-time dynamics is approximately restricted inside the effective light cone that is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-25 Tomotaka Kuwahara , Tan Van Vu , Keiji Saito

In many-body quantum systems with spatially local interactions, quantum information propagates with a finite velocity, reminiscent of the ``light cone" of relativity. In systems with long-range interactions which decay with distance $r$ as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 Chi-Fang Chen , Andrew Lucas

The dynamics of quantum systems strongly depends on the local structure of the Hamiltonian. For short-range interacting systems, the well-known Lieb-Robinson bound defines the effective light cone with an exponentially small error with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-31 Tomotaka Kuwahara

We investigate the long-time behavior of quantum N-level systems that are coupled to a Markovian environment and subject to periodic driving. As our main result, we obtain a general algebraic condition ensuring that all solutions of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Paul Menczel , Kay Brandner

In locally interacting quantum many-body systems, the velocity of information propagation is finitely bounded and a linear light cone can be defined. Outside the light cone, the amount of information rapidly decays with distance. When…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Tomotaka Kuwahara , Keiji Saito

This is a concise, pedagogical introduction to the dynamic field of open quantum systems governed by Markovian master equations. We focus on the mathematical and physical origins of the widely used Lindblad equation, its unraveling in terms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 Shovan Dutta

We investigate the time evolution of an open quantum system described by a Lindblad master equation with dissipation acting only on a part of the degrees of freedom ${\cal H}_0$ of the system, and targeting a unique dark state in ${\cal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-09 Vladislav Popkov , Simon Essink , Carlo Presilla , Gunter Schütz

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

We present and discuss a general density-matrix description of energy-dissipation and decoherence phenomena in open quantum systems, able to overcome the intrinsic limitations of the conventional Markov approximation. In particular, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Michele Pepe , David Taj , Rita Claudia Iotti , Fausto Rossi

For a wide class of bipartite systems with localized couplings, we establish existence of an effective light-cone for propagation of entanglement. This result yields a hard lower bound on the time it takes, under ideal conditions (no loss,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Israel Michael Sigal

We prove that the area of cross-sections of light-cones, in space-times satisfying suitable energy conditions, is smaller than or equal to that of the corresponding cross-sections in Minkowski, or de Sitter, or anti-de Sitter space-time.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat , Piotr T. Chrusciel , Jose M. Martin-Garcia

We prove bounds on the minimal time for quantum messaging, propagation/creation of correlations, and control of states for general lattice quantum many-body systems. The proofs are based on a maximal velocity bound, which states that the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Israel Michael Sigal , Jingxuan Zhang

In quantum many-body systems with local interactions, quantum information and entanglement cannot spread outside of a linear light cone, which expands at an emergent velocity analogous to the speed of light. Local operations at sufficiently…

The non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems is still a challenging task, particularly in the non-perturbative regime at low temperatures. While the Stochastic Liouville-von Neumann equation (SLN) provides a formally exact tool to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-21 Michael Wiedmann , Jürgen T. Stockburger , Joachim Ankerhold

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

The Lindblad equation is widely employed in studies of Markovian quantum open systems. Here, firstly, a simple result is presented on the time evolution of the non Neumann entropy under the Lindblad equation, which enables one to examine if…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-18 Congjie Ou , Ralph V. Chamberlin , Sumiyoshi Abe

We consider the problem of model reduction for Markovian quantum systems whose dynamics are described by a time-dependent Lindblad generator -- notably, as arising in the presence of external control. Our approach, which builds upon Krylov…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Tommaso Grigoletto , Lorenza Viola , Francesco Ticozzi
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