Nonpositive evolutions in open system dynamics

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421101-421107

  Benatti, F ^a,b   Floreanini, R ^a,b   Piani, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

NONPOSITIVE EVOLUTIONS;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037633215     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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