Generalized two-level quantum dynamics. I. Representations of the Kossakowski conditions

Foundations of Physics - Tập 7 - Trang 813-825 - 1977
James L. Park1, William Band1
1Department of Physics, Washington State University, Pullman

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This communication is part I of a series of papers which explore the theoretical possibility of generalizing quantum dynamics in such a way that the predicted motions of an isolated system would include the irreversible (entropy-increasing) state evolutions that seem essential if the second law of thermodynamics is ever to become a theorem of mechanics. In this first paper, the general mathematical framework for describing linear but not necessarily Hamiltonian mappings of the statistical operator is reviewed, with particular attention to detailed representations of the Kossakowski conditions for the case of a two-level system.

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Foundations of Physics

Tập 7

813-825

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