Decoherence and noise in open quantum system dynamics
arXiv:1605.07838 · doi:10.1142/S0219477516400034
Abstract
We consider the description of quantum noise within the framework of the standard Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to a composite system environment setting. Averaging over the environmental degrees of freedom leads to a stochastic quantum dynamics, described by equations complying with the constraints arising from the statistical structure of quantum mechanics. Simple examples are considered in the framework of open system dynamics described within a master equation approach, pointing in particular to the appearance of the phenomenon of decoherence and to the relevance of quantum correlation functions of the environment in the determination of the action of quantum noise.
9 pages, 1 figure, to appear on Special Issue of Fluctuation and Noise Letters
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