Mappings of open quantum systems onto chain representations and Markovian embeddings

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Woods, M P ^a,b   Groux, R ^c   Chin, A W ^b   Huelga, S F ^b   Plenio, M B ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Lycée Polyvalent Rouvière ^*  (France)

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EID: 84902253449     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4866769     Document Type: Article

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