Weak invariants of time-dependent quantum dissipative systems
Sumiyoshi AbeDepartment of Physical Engineering, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan and Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
2016en
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Abstract
The concept of weak invariant is introduced. Then the weak invariants associated with time-dependent quantum dissipative systems are discussed in the context of master equations of the Lindblad type. In particular, with the help of the $\mathit{su}$(1,1) Lie-algebraic structure, the weak invariant is explicitly constructed for the quantum damped harmonic oscillator with the time-dependent frequency and friction coefficient. This generalizes the Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant to the case of nonunitary dynamics in the Markovian approximation.
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