Hadamard Completely Positive Semigroups

We review the Gorini, Kossakowski, Sudarshan derivation of the generator of a completely positive norm-continuous semigroup when the constituent maps act on density matrices according to the Hadamard product rule.

A STOCHASTIC GOLDEN RULE AND QUANTUM LANGEVIN EQUATION FOR THE LOW DENSITY LIMIT

A rigorous derivation of quantum Langevin equation from microscopic dynamics in the low density limit is given. We consider a quantum model of a microscopic system (test particle) coupled with a reservoir (gas of light Bose particles) via interaction of scattering type. We formulate a mathematical procedure (the so-called stochastic golden rule) which allows us to determine the quantum Langevin equation in the limit of large time and small density of particles of the reservoir. The quantum Langevin equation describes not only dynamics of the system but also the reservoir. We show that the generator of the corresponding master equation has the Lindblad form of most general generators of completely positive semigroups.

ON THE INDEX AND DILATIONS OF COMPLETELY POSITIVE SEMIGROUPS

It is known that every semigroup of normal completely positive maps P = {Pt:t≥ 0} of ℬ(H), satisfying Pt(1) = 1 for every t ≥ 0, has a minimal dilation to an E0 acting on ℬ(K) for some Hilbert space K⊇H. The minimal dilation of P is unique up to conjugacy. In a previous paper a numerical index was introduced for semigroups of completely positive maps and it was shown that the index of P agrees with the index of its minimal dilation to an E0-semigroup. However, no examples were discussed, and no computations were made. In this paper we calculate the index of a unital completely positive semigroup whose generator is a bounded operator [Formula: see text] in terms of natural structures associated with the generator. This includes all unital CP semigroups acting on matrix algebras. We also show that the minimal dilation of the semigroup P={ exp tL:t≥ 0} to an E0-semigroup is is cocycle conjugate to a CAR/CCR flow.