Preserving fermionic statistics for single-particle approximations in microscopic quantum master equations

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Autori principali: Fahrenbruch, Mikayla Z., Schlimgen, Anthony W., Head-Marsden, Kade
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author Fahrenbruch, Mikayla Z.
Schlimgen, Anthony W.
Head-Marsden, Kade
author_facet Fahrenbruch, Mikayla Z.
Schlimgen, Anthony W.
Head-Marsden, Kade
contents Microscopic master equations have gained traction for the dissipative treatment of molecular spin and solid-state systems for quantum technologies. Single particle approximations are often invoked to treat these systems, which can lead to unphysical evolution when combined with master equation approaches. We present a mathematical constraint on the system-environment parameters to ensure that microscopically-derived Markovian master equations preserve fermionic, $N$-representable statistics when applied to reduced systems. We demonstrate these constraints for the recently derived unified master equation and universal Lindblad equation, along with the Redfield master equation for cases when positivity issues are not present. For operators that break the constraint, we explore the addition of Pauli factors to recover $N$-representability. This work promotes feasible applications of novel microscopic master equations for realistic chemical systems.
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spellingShingle Preserving fermionic statistics for single-particle approximations in microscopic quantum master equations
Fahrenbruch, Mikayla Z.
Schlimgen, Anthony W.
Head-Marsden, Kade
Quantum Physics
Microscopic master equations have gained traction for the dissipative treatment of molecular spin and solid-state systems for quantum technologies. Single particle approximations are often invoked to treat these systems, which can lead to unphysical evolution when combined with master equation approaches. We present a mathematical constraint on the system-environment parameters to ensure that microscopically-derived Markovian master equations preserve fermionic, $N$-representable statistics when applied to reduced systems. We demonstrate these constraints for the recently derived unified master equation and universal Lindblad equation, along with the Redfield master equation for cases when positivity issues are not present. For operators that break the constraint, we explore the addition of Pauli factors to recover $N$-representability. This work promotes feasible applications of novel microscopic master equations for realistic chemical systems.
title Preserving fermionic statistics for single-particle approximations in microscopic quantum master equations
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02160