Exact positivity of the Wigner and P-functions of a Markovian open system

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Diósi, L
Kiefer, C
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[1] Res Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, H-1525 Budapest 114, Hungary
[2] Univ Cologne, Inst Theoret Phys, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL | 2002年 / 35卷 / 11期
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10.1088/0305-4470/35/11/312
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We discuss the case of a Markovian master equation for an open system, as it is frequently found from environmental decoherence. We prove two theorems for the evolution of the quantum state. The first one states that for a generic initial state the corresponding Wigner function becomes strictly positive after a finite time has elapsed. The second one states that also the P-function becomes exactly positive after a decoherence time of the same order. Therefore, the density matrix becomes exactly decomposable into a mixture of Gaussian pointer states.
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