Controllability properties for finite dimensional quantum markovian master equations

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2357-2372

  Altafini, Claudio ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

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EID: 0037669419     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1571221     Document Type: Article

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23. 0 may not be the same as in (6), as is well known. This is irrelevant for our purposes