CNS Meeting
Monday 18 November 2002, 11:00 AM, W505 Howey
Quantum Dissipative Baker Maps
Daniel K. Wojcik
Closed quantum systems are described by unitary evolution. Open
quantum systems in Markovian approximation are described by
completely positive maps. We introduce this framework and argue that
it is natural for quantizing classically dissipative systems.
Then we show three variants of the baker map: the usual one which
preserves area both locally and globally, ``sloppy'' baker map,
which preserves area locally but not globally, and ``Gaussian''
baker map, which preserves area globally, but not locally. We will
discuss the quantizations of the first two models as well as the
failed attempts at the quantization of the third one. We will
explain why we are so obstinate to get it and present our current
attempts and ideas. This is a work in progress, all comments are
welcome.
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