By Robert Alicki, K. Lendi

Reinvigorated by way of advances and insights, specifically from the energetic fields of quantum details and computing, the quantum concept of irreversible approaches has lately attracted becoming consciousness.

This quantity introduces the very uncomplicated recommendations of semigroup dynamics of open quantum platforms and reports quite a few sleek functions. the current e-book, initially released as Vol. 286 (1987) in Lecture in Physics, has been newly typeset, revised and corrected and likewise multiplied to incorporate a evaluation on fresh developments.

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Furthermore, the wide fields of optical and magnetic resonance spectroscopy are dominated by the famous Bloch equations [12, 13] that, as must be expected, have the correct structure K. Lendi: N-Level Systems and Applications to Spectroscopy, Lect. Notes Phys. 1007/3-540-70861-8 2 48 K. Lendi and can be derived from a very special and simple generator of a completely positive quantum dynamical semigroup [14]. Thus, it will certainly be desirable to explore more general Bloch-like equations for the description of more sophisticated experiments and the only safe grounds to derive such equations is the above-mentioned theory.

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