Exact positivity of the Wigner andP-functions of a Markovian open system

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/35/11/312MaRDI QIDQ4545251zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lajos Diósi, Claus Kiefer

Publication date 15 August 2002

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0111139

zbMATH Keywords

decoherencequantum open systemsWigner functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

Abstract: We discuss the case of a Markovian master equation for an open system, as it is frequently found from environmental decoherence. We prove two theorems for the evolution of the quantum state. The first one states that for a generic initial state the corresponding Wigner function becomes strictly positive after a finite time has elapsed. The second one states that also the P-function becomes exactly positive after a decoherence time of the same order. Therefore the density matrix becomes exactly decomposable into a mixture of Gaussian pointer states.

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