Regularity of solutions to quantum master equations: A stochastic approach

TL;DR

This paper uses probabilistic methods to analyze the regularity of solutions to quantum master equations, showing that solutions preserve finite energy states and establishing conditions for existence and uniqueness of solutions.

Contribution

It introduces a probabilistic framework for quantum master equations with unbounded coefficients, proving regularity preservation, uniqueness, and existence of stationary solutions.

Findings

Solutions preserve initial regularity under nonexplosion conditions

Uniqueness of solutions for adjoint quantum master equations

Existence of regular stationary solutions under Lyapunov conditions

Abstract

Applying probabilistic techniques we study regularity properties of quantum master equations (QMEs) in the Lindblad form with unbounded coefficients; a density operator is regular if, roughly speaking, it describes a quantum state with finite energy. Using the linear stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation we deduce that solutions of QMEs preserve the regularity of the initial states under a general nonexplosion condition. To this end, we develop the probabilistic representation of QMEs, and we prove the uniqueness of solutions for adjoint quantum master equations. By means of the nonlinear stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation, we obtain the existence of regular stationary solutions for QMEs, under a Lyapunov-type condition.