Semiclassical evolution of dissipative Markovian systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/6/065306zbMATH Open1168.81015arXiv0708.3988OpenAlexW3100237039MaRDI QIDQ3605887FDOQ3605887

Authors: Pedro de M. Rios, A. M. Ozorio De Almeida, O. Brodier 

Publication date: 25 February 2009

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A semiclassical approximation for an evolving density operator, driven by a "closed" hamiltonian operator and "open" markovian Lindblad operators, is obtained. The theory is based on the chord function, i.e. the Fourier transform of the Wigner function. It reduces to an exact solution of the Lindblad master equation if the hamiltonian operator is a quadratic function and the Lindblad operators are linear functions of positions and momenta. Initially, the semiclassical formulae for the case of hermitian Lindblad operators are reinterpreted in terms of a (real) double phase space, generated by an appropriate classical double Hamiltonian. An extra "open" term is added to the double Hamiltonian by the non-hermitian part of the Lindblad operators in the general case of dissipative markovian evolution. The particular case of generic hamiltonian operators, but linear dissipative Lindblad operators, is studied in more detail. A Liouville-type equivariance still holds for the corresponding classical evolution in double phase, but the centre subspace, which supports the Wigner function, is compressed, along with expansion of its conjugate subspace, which supports the chord function. Decoherence narrows the relevant region of double phase space to the neighborhood of a caustic for both the Wigner function and the chord function. This difficulty is avoided by a propagator in a mixed representation, so that a further "small-chord" approximation leads to a simple generalization of the quadratic theory for evolving Wigner functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3988

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zbMATH Keywords

dissipative systemssemiclassical limitLindblad equationquadratic Hamiltonianschord functionsdouble phase space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Quantum stochastic calculus (81S25)

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