Rotating-Wave and Secular Approximations for Open Quantum Systems

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Main Authors: Burgarth, Daniel, Facchi, Paolo, Gramegna, Giovanni, Yuasa, Kazuya
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Published: 2026
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author Burgarth, Daniel
Facchi, Paolo
Gramegna, Giovanni
Yuasa, Kazuya
author_facet Burgarth, Daniel
Facchi, Paolo
Gramegna, Giovanni
Yuasa, Kazuya
contents We derive a nonperturbative bound on the distance between evolutions of open quantum systems described by time-dependent generators. We show how this result can be employed to provide an explicit upper bound on the error of the rotating-wave approximation in the presence of dissipation and decoherence. We apply the derived bound to the strong-coupling limit in open quantum systems and to the secular approximation used to obtain a master equation from the Redfield equation.
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spellingShingle Rotating-Wave and Secular Approximations for Open Quantum Systems
Burgarth, Daniel
Facchi, Paolo
Gramegna, Giovanni
Yuasa, Kazuya
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
We derive a nonperturbative bound on the distance between evolutions of open quantum systems described by time-dependent generators. We show how this result can be employed to provide an explicit upper bound on the error of the rotating-wave approximation in the presence of dissipation and decoherence. We apply the derived bound to the strong-coupling limit in open quantum systems and to the secular approximation used to obtain a master equation from the Redfield equation.
title Rotating-Wave and Secular Approximations for Open Quantum Systems
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26606