Regularity of solutions to quantum master equations: A stochastic approach
Abstract
Applying probabilistic techniques we study regularity properties of quantum master equations (QMEs) in the Lindblad form with unbounded coefficients; a density operator is regular if, roughly speaking, it describes a quantum state with finite energy. Using the linear stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation we deduce that solutions of QMEs preserve the regularity of the initial states under a general nonexplosion condition. To this end, we develop the probabilistic representation of QMEs, and we prove the uniqueness of solutions for adjoint quantum master equations. By means of the nonlinear stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation, we obtain the existence of regular stationary solutions for QMEs, under a Lyapunov-type condition.
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@article{arxiv.1307.1972,
title = {Regularity of solutions to quantum master equations: A stochastic approach},
author = {Carlos M. Mora},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.1972},
year = {2013}
}
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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AOP692 the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)