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Lecture Notes on the Theory of Open Quantum Systems

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Lecture Notes on the Theory of Open Quantum Systems
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Publisher: arXiv.org
Number of pages: 131

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This is a self-contained set of lecture notes covering various aspects of the theory of open quantum system, at a level appropriate for a one-semester graduate course. The main emphasis is on completely positive maps and master equations, both Markovian and non-Markovian.

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