Stochastic Schrödinger equations as limit of discrete filtering

John E. Gough, Andrei Sobolev

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    Abstract

    We consider an open model possessing a Markovian quantum stochastic limit and derive the limit stochastic Schrödinger equations for the wave function conditioned on indirect observations using only the von Neumann projection postulate. We show that the diffusion (Gaussian) situation is universal as a result of the central limit theorem with the quantum jump (Poissonian) situation being an exceptional case. It is shown that, starting from the correponding limiting open systems dynamics, the theory of quantum filtering leads to the same equations, therefore establishing consistency of the quantum stochastic approach for limiting Markovian models.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)235-255
    Number of pages21
    JournalOpen Systems and Information Dynamics
    Volume11
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2004

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