Open Quantum Systems An Introduction /

• Main Authors: Rivas, ´Angel (Author), Huelga, Susana F. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum optics.; Quantum Physics.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Quantum Optics.

In this volume the fundamental theory of open quantum systems is revised in the light of modern developments in the field. A unified approach to the quantum evolution of open systems is presented by merging concepts and methods traditionally employed by different communities, such as quantum optics,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Mathematical tools
• Time evolution in closed quantum systems
• Time evolution in open quantum systems
• Quantum Markov process: mathematical structure
• Microscopic description: Markovian case
• Microscopic description: non-Markovian case
• Conclusion.