Fundamentals of quantum mechanics in Liouville space

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AB9FDDarXiv2003.11472MaRDI QIDQ6042544FDOQ6042544

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Publication date: 11 May 2023

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to articulate a coherent and easy-to-understand way of doing quantum mechanics in any finite-dimensional Liouville space, based on the use of Kronecker product and what we have termed the `bra-flipper' operator. One of the greater strengths of the formalism expatiated on here is the striking similarities it bears with Dirac's bra-ket notation. For the purpose of illustrating how the formalism can be effectively employed, we use it to solve a quantum optical master equation for a two-level quantum system and find its Kraus operator sum representation. The paper is addressed to students and researchers with some basic knowledge of linear algebra who want to acquire a deeper understanding of the Liouville space formalism. The concepts are conveyed so as to make the application of the formalism to more complex problems in quantum physics straightforward and unencumbered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.11472

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zbMATH Keywords

Kronecker productHilbert spaceLiouville spacebra-flipper operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory (15-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

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