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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 consider a frictionless system coupled to an external Markovian environment. The quantum and classical evolution of such systems are described by the Lindblad and the Fokker-Planck equation respectively. We show that when such a system…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Zhenhao Li

The time evolution of a closed system of mean fields and fluctuations is Hamiltonian, with the canonical variables parameterizing the general time-dependent Gaussian density matrix of the system. Yet, the evolution manifests both quantum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 Salman Habib , Yuval Kluger , Emil Mottola , Juan Pablo Paz

We suggest an extension of the Hilbert Phase Space formalism, which appears to be naturally suited for application to the dissipative (open) quantum systems, such as those described by the non-stationary (time-dependent) Hamiltonians…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-14 Tigran Aivazian

In this work we propose an approach for implementing time-evolution of a quantum system using product formulas. The quantum algorithms we develop have provably better scaling (in terms of gate complexity and circuit depth) than a naive…

Despite its long history, a canonical formulation of quantum ergodicity that applies to general classes of quantum dynamics, including driven systems, has not been fully established. Here we introduce and study a notion of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Saúl Pilatowsky-Cameo , Iman Marvian , Soonwon Choi , Wen Wei Ho

The dynamical evolution of an open quantum system can be governed by the Lindblad equation of the density matrix. In this paper, we propose to characterize the density matrix topology by the topological invariant of its modular Hamiltonian.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-27 Liang Mao , Fan Yang , Hui Zhai

In this work we study the unitary time-evolutions of quantum systems defined on infinite-dimensional separable time-dependent Hilbert spaces. Two possible cases are considered: a quantum system defined on a stochastic interval and another…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Luca Curcuraci , Stefano Bacchi , Angelo Bassi

The Stone theorem requires that in a physical Hilbert space ${\cal H}$ the time-evolution of a stable quantum system is unitary if and only if the corresponding Hamiltonian $H$ is self-adjoint. Sometimes, a simpler picture of the evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-11 Miloslav Znojil

The Lindblad equation for open quantum systems is central to our understanding of coherence and entanglement in the presence of Markovian dissipation. In closed quantum systems Hilbert-space fragmentation is an effective mechanism for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Dawid Paszko , Christopher J. Turner , Dominic C. Rose , Arijeet Pal

Time evolution of the expectation values of various dynamical operators of the harmonic oscillator with dissipation is analitically obtained within the framework of the Lindblad theory for open quantum systems. We deduce the density matrix…

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

The mean evolution of an open quantum system in continuous time is described by a time continuous semigroup of quantum channels (completely positive and trace-preserving linear maps). Baumgartner and Narnhofer presented a general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Nicolas Mousset , Nina H. Amini

The celebrated Lindblad equation governs the non-unitary time evolution of density operators used in the description of open quantum systems. It is usually derived from the von Neumann equation for a large system, at given physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Benedikt M. Reible , Luigi Delle Site

Each semigroup describing the time evolution of an open quantum system on a finite dimensional Hilbert space is related to a special structure of this space. It is shown how the space can be decomposed into subspaces: One is related to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Bernhard Baumgartner , Heide Narnhofer

The Lindblad equation describes the dissipative time evolution of a density matrix that characterizes an open quantum system in contact with its environment. The widespread ensemble interpretation of a density matrix requires its time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-04 Bernd Fernengel , Barbara Drossel

We present an effective operator formalism for open quantum systems. Employing perturbation theory and adiabatic elimination of excited states for a weakly driven system, we derive an effective master equation which reduces the evolution to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-03 Florentin Reiter , Anders S. Sørensen

A $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric, non-Hermitian Hamiltonian in the $\mathcal{PT}$-unbroken regime can lead to unitary dynamics under the appropriate choice of the Hilbert space. The Hilbert space is determined by a Hamiltonian-compatible inner…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-19 Himanshu Badhani , Subhashish Banerjee , C. M. Chandrashekar

We show a new method for analyzing the time evolution of the Schrodinger wave function phi(x,t). We propose the decomposition of the Hamiltonian as: H(t)=Hp(t)+Hc(t), where Hp(t)is the operator which does not change the state and therefore…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-08 Chyi-Lung Lin , Tsin-Fu Jiang

We provide a new perspective on non-Hermitian evolution in quantum mechanics by emphasizing the same method as in the Hermitian quantum evolution. We first give a precise description of the non unitary evolution, and collecting the basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-21 Mustapha Maamache

Certain aspects of some unitary quantum systems are well-described by evolution via a non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian, as in the Wigner-Weisskopf theory for spontaneous decay. Conversely, any non-Hermitian Hamiltonian evolution can be…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2021-12-01 Jay Hubisz , Bharath Sambasivam , Judah Unmuth-Yockey