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View SchemaQuantum jumps as decoherent histories
| Authors | Todd A. Brun |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9606025 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9606025 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1833 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 1833-1837 |
Abstract
Quantum open systems are described in the Markovian limit by master equations in Lindblad form. I argue that common ``quantum jumps'' techniques, which solve the master equation by unraveling its evolution into stochastic trajectories in Hilbert space, correspond closely to a particular set of decoherent histories. This is illustrated by a simple model of a photon counting experiment.
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