Markovian master equations

Davies, E.B.

doi:10.1007/BF01608389

Markovian master equations

E.B. Davies

Jun 1, 1974

20 pages

Published in:

Commun.Math.Phys. 39 (1974) 2, 91-110

Published: Jun 1, 1974

DOI:

10.1007/BF01608389

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We give a rigorous proof that under certain technical conditions the memory effects in a quantum-mechanical master equation become negligible in the weak coupling limit. This is sufficient to show that a number of open systems obey an exponential decay law in the weak coupling limit for a rescaled time variable. The theory is applied to a fairly general finite dimensional system weakly coupled to an infinite free heat bath.

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Nonlinear Dynamics

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