Recent decades have seen a rise in the use of physics methods to study different societal
phenomena. This development has been due to physicists venturing outside of their …

Quantum dynamical maps provide suitable mathematical representation of quantum
evolutions. When representing quantum states by density operators, the evident …

An open quantum system refers to a system that is further coupled to a bath system
consisting of surrounding radiation fields, atoms, molecules, or proteins. The bath system is …

In Floquet engineering, periodic driving is used to realize novel phases of matter that are
inaccessible in thermal equilibrium. For this purpose, the Floquet theory provides us a recipe …

Life is characterized by a myriad of complex dynamic processes allowing organisms to grow,
reproduce, and evolve. Physical approaches for describing systems out of thermodynamic …

The study of quantum thermal machines, and more generally of open quantum systems,
often relies on master equations. Two approaches are mainly followed. On the one hand …

To write an introduction to the dynamics of open quantum systems may seem at first a
complicated, albeit perhaps unnecessary, task. On the one hand, the field is quite broad and …

This book offers a systematic and comprehensive exposition of the quantum stochastic
methods that have been developed in the field of quantum optics. It includes new treatments …

The distinction between level clustering and level repulsion is one of the quantum
analogues of the classical distinction between globally regular and predominantly chaotic …

We develop a formulation of quantum dam** theory in which the explicit nature of inputs
from a heat bath, and of outputs into it, is taken into account. Quantum Langevin equations …