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Alma universitas studiorum parmensis A.D. 962 - Università di Parma Alma universitas studiorum parmensis A.D. 962 - Università di Parma
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Mathematical, Physical and Computer Sciences
Università degli Studi di Parma

Introduction to Open Quantum Systems

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2 CFU - Sandro Wimberger

keywords: open systems, master equation, decoherence, system-bath dynamics, entanglement, density matrix

The course introduces the concept of an open quantum system and the definition of system and environment. A simple approach for the description of the reduced system's dynamics will be presented in form of the Markovian master equation for the quantum density operator. We will introduce the notions of entanglement and decoherence and study model systems such as the evolution of an atom in an external field and the collapse of wave packets.

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