Quantum time evolution

given the quantum state of a quantum system at initial time, the task is to predict the quantum state at later time

Contained entities

time-dependent Schrödinger equation	$i ℏ \frac{\partial}{\partial t} \| ψ (t) ⟩ = \hat{H} \| ψ (t) ⟩$	governing equation
	$H$ represents Hamiltonian operator
	$ℏ$ represents reduced Planck constant
	$ψ (t)$ represents quantum state vector (dynamic)
	$t$ represents time
	$i$ represents imaginary unit

expectation value (quantum density)	$⟨ \hat{O} ⟩ \equiv t r (\hat{O} \hat{ρ})$	output
	$ρ$ represents quantum density operator
	$\hat{O}$ represents quantum mechanical operator
	$⟨ \hat{O} ⟩$ represents expectation value (quantum density)

quantum density operator		output
expectation value (quantum state)	$⟨ \hat{O} ⟩ \equiv ⟨ ψ \| \hat{O} \| ψ ⟩$	output
	$\hat{O}$ represents quantum mechanical operator
	$⟨ \hat{O} ⟩$ represents expectation value (quantum state)
	$ψ$ represents quantum state

electric charge		parameter
quantum state vector (dynamic)		output
electric dipole moment		parameter
quantum state vector (stationary)		input
electric field	$E \equiv - \nabla ϕ$	input
	$E$ represents electric field
	$ϕ$ represents electric potential

Lindblad equation	$\frac{d}{d t} ρ = - \frac{i}{ℏ} [H, ρ] + \sum_{k = 1}^{N^{2} - 1} γ_{k} (L_{k} ρ L_{k}^{†} - \frac{1}{2} [L_{k}^{†} L_{k}, ρ]_{+})$	governing equation
	$H$ represents Hamiltonian operator
	$L$ represents jump operator
	$γ > 0$ represents quantum damping rate
	$ℏ$ represents reduced Planck constant
	$ρ$ represents quantum density operator
	$t$ represents time
	$i$ represents imaginary unit

electric potential		input
quantum Hamiltonian (electric charge)	$H \equiv H_{0} + q ϕ$
	$H_{0}$ represents Hamiltonian operator
	$ϕ$ represents electric potential
	$q$ represents electric charge
	$H$ represents quantum Hamiltonian (electric charge)

quantum Hamiltonian (electric dipole)	$H \equiv H_{0} - μ \cdot ℰ$
	$H_{0}$ represents Hamiltonian operator
	$ℰ$ represents electric field
	$μ$ represents electric dipole moment
	$H$ represents quantum Hamiltonian (electric dipole)

reduced Planck constant		constant

Further links

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