Advances in open systems and fundamental tests of quantum mechanics : proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, 2-5 December 2018 /: proceedings of the 684. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, 2-5 December 2018. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bassano Vacchini, Heinz-Peter Breuer, Angelo Bassi, editors.
• Editors: Vacchini, Bassano; Breuer, Heinz-Peter, 1961-; Bassi, Angelo, 1973-
• Other Names: W.E. Heraeus Seminar, 684
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Collapse Models: Main Properties and the State of Art of the Experimental Tests; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The GRW Model; 1.3 The CSL Model; 1.4 Interferometric Experiments; 1.5 Non-interferometric Experiments; 1.6 Generalization of GRW and CSL Models; 1.6.1 Dissipative CSL Model; 1.6.2 Colored CSL Model; 1.7 Proposals for Future Testing; 1.8 Conclusions; References; 2 Information Flow Versus Divisibility for Non-invertible Dynamical Maps; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Divisibility Versus No Information Backflow: Invertible Maps 2.3 Divisibility Versus Information Backflow: Non-invertible Maps2.4 Extension Theorem; 2.5 Image Non-increasing Dynamical Maps; 2.6 Qubit Dynamical Maps; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 Quantum Non-Markovian Collision Models from Colored-Noise Baths; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Brief Review of Memoryless Collision Models; 3.3 Colored-Noise Bosonic Reservoir; 3.4 Time Modes; 3.5 Non-Markovian Collision Model; 3.5.1 White Coupling; 3.6 An Atom in a Semi-infinite Waveguide; 3.7 Collision-Model Derivation of Equation (3.25); 3.8 Conclusions; References 4 Non-monotonic Population and Coherence Evolution in Markovian Open-System Dynamics4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Tools; 4.2.1 Evolution of Open Quantum Systems; 4.2.2 Non-Markovianity; 4.2.3 Matrix Representation of Qubit Maps; 4.2.4 Phase Covariance of Open-System Evolutions; 4.3 Results; 4.3.1 The Microscopic Model; 4.3.2 Markovian Non-monotonic Population and Coherence Dynamics; 4.3.3 Monotonicity in Markovian Phase Covariant Dynamics; 4.3.4 Role of Multiple Initial Conditions; 4.4 Conclusions; References; 5 Revealing Correlations Between a System and an Inaccessible Environment; 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Theory5.2.1 General Method; 5.2.2 Performance of Various Distance Measures; 5.2.3 Applications to Complex Open Quantum Systems; 5.2.4 Application: Spin Chain Undergoing a Quantum Phase Transition; 5.3 Experiments; 5.3.1 Single Trapped Ion; 5.3.2 Chain of Trapped Ions; 5.3.3 Photons with a Two-Level Environment; 5.3.4 Photons with a Continuum of Environmental Frequency Modes; 5.4 Conclusions; References; 6 Transient Synchronization in Open Quantum Systems; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Models for Transient Synchronization; 6.2.1 Global Versus Local Description of the Master Equation 6.2.2 Enabling Mechanism: Timescale Separation6.3 Quantifying Transient Synchronization; 6.4 Examples; 6.4.1 A Pair of Harmonic Oscillators; 6.4.2 From Transient to Stationary Synchronization; 6.4.3 Spin Pairs: Local Versus Global Environment; 6.4.4 The Role of Decoherence in Transient Synchronization; 6.5 Conclusions; References; 7 Creation and Detection of Molecular Schrödinger Cat States: Iodine in Cryogenic Krypton Observed via Four-Wave-Mixing Optics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Cluster Model for I2 in Solid Kr
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 113 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.12; Quantum theory -- Congresses; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030311469; 3030311465
• Related ISBNs: 9783030311452
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 5, 2019).
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