Quantum collision models: Open system dynamics from repeated interactions

F Ciccarello, S Lorenzo, V Giovannetti, GM Palma - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
We present an extensive introduction to quantum collision models (CMs), also known as
repeated interactions schemes: a class of microscopic system–bath models for investigating …

Dynamics of non-Markovian open quantum systems

I De Vega, D Alonso - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Open quantum systems (OQSs) cannot always be described with the Markov approximation,
which requires a large separation of system and environment time scales. An overview is …

Concepts of quantum non-Markovianity: A hierarchy

L Li, MJW Hall, HM Wiseman - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Markovian approximation is a widely-employed idea in descriptions of the dynamics of open
quantum systems (OQSs). Although it is usually claimed to be a concept inspired by …

Reconciliation of quantum local master equations with thermodynamics

G De Chiara, G Landi, A Hewgill, B Reid… - New Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of open quantum systems often relies on approximate master equations derived
under the assumptions of weak coupling to the environment. However when the system is …

Quantum stochastic processes and quantum non-Markovian phenomena

S Milz, K Modi - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
The field of classical stochastic processes forms a major branch of mathematics. Stochastic
processes are, of course, also very well studied in biology, chemistry, ecology, geology …

Quantum channels and memory effects

F Caruso, V Giovannetti, C Lupo, S Mancini - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014 - APS
Any physical process can be represented as a quantum channel map** an initial state to a
final state. Hence it can be characterized from the point of view of communication theory, ie …

Reversing the direction of heat flow using quantum correlations

K Micadei, JPS Peterson, AM Souza… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Heat spontaneously flows from hot to cold in standard thermodynamics. However, the latter
theory presupposes the absence of initial correlations between interacting systems. We here …

Collision models can efficiently simulate any multipartite Markovian quantum dynamics

M Cattaneo, G De Chiara, S Maniscalco, R Zambrini… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We introduce the multipartite collision model, defined in terms of elementary interactions
between subsystems and ancillas, and show that it can simulate the Markovian dynamics of …

Collision models in open system dynamics: A versatile tool for deeper insights?

S Campbell, B Vacchini - Europhysics Letters, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding and simulating how a quantum system interacts and exchanges information
or energy with its surroundings is a ubiquitous problem, one which must be carefully …

Thermodynamics of weakly coherent collisional models

FLS Rodrigues, G De Chiara, M Paternostro, GT Landi - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
We introduce the idea of weakly coherent collisional models, where the elements of an
environment interacting with a system of interest are prepared in states that are …