Towards a theory of metastability in open quantum dynamics

Macieszczak, Katarzyna, Guţă, Mădălin, Lesanovsky, Igor and Garrahan, Juan P. (2016) Towards a theory of metastability in open quantum dynamics. Physical Review Letters, 116 (24). 240404/1-240404/6. ISSN 1079-7114

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Abstract

By generalizing concepts from classical stochastic dynamics, we establish the basis for a theory of metastability in Markovian open quantum systems. Partial relaxation into long-lived metastable states—distinct from the asymptotic stationary state—is a manifestation of a separation of time scales due to a splitting in the spectrum of the generator of the dynamics. We show here how to exploit this spectral structure to obtain a low dimensional approximation to the dynamics in terms of motion in a manifold of metastable states constructed from the low-lying eigenmatrices of the generator. We argue that the metastable manifold is in general composed of disjoint states, noiseless subsystems, and decoherence-free subspaces.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/794810
Additional Information: ©2016 American Physical Society
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.240404
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2016 08:47
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 17:56
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34757

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