On the Debate Concerning the Proper Characterization of Quantum Dynamical Evolution
On the Debate Concerning the Proper Characterization of Quantum Dynamical Evolution
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关于量子动力学演化的正确表征的争论
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2012
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通讯作者:
W. Myrvold
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Michael E. Cuffaro;W. Myrvold
There has been a long-standing and sometimes passionate debate between physicists over whether a dynamical framework for quantum systems should incorporate not completely positive (NCP) maps in addition to completely positive (CP) maps. Despite the reasonableness of the arguments for complete positivity, we argue that NCP maps should be allowed, with a qualification: these should be understood, not as reflecting ‘not completely positive’ evolution, but as linear extensions, to a system’s entire state space, of CP maps that are only partially defined. Beyond the domain of definition of a partial-CP map, we argue, much may be permitted.