Open quantum dynamics without Complete Positivity: a criticism

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Hauptverfasser: Benatti, Fabio, Chruściński, Dariusz, Pascazio, Saverio
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Veröffentlicht: 2026
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author Benatti, Fabio
Chruściński, Dariusz
Pascazio, Saverio
author_facet Benatti, Fabio
Chruściński, Dariusz
Pascazio, Saverio
contents The requirement of complete positivity is very often regarded as a fundamental consistency condition for the description of open quantum dynamics. We critically examine this requirement and discuss both its physical motivations and its limitations. We analyze proposals based on restricting the domain of non-completely positive maps to subsets of compatible initial states. Using isotropic states as a concrete example, we show that such domain restrictions become increasingly severe with growing system dimension, revealing an intrinsic weakness of the compatibility-based approach.
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spellingShingle Open quantum dynamics without Complete Positivity: a criticism
Benatti, Fabio
Chruściński, Dariusz
Pascazio, Saverio
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
The requirement of complete positivity is very often regarded as a fundamental consistency condition for the description of open quantum dynamics. We critically examine this requirement and discuss both its physical motivations and its limitations. We analyze proposals based on restricting the domain of non-completely positive maps to subsets of compatible initial states. Using isotropic states as a concrete example, we show that such domain restrictions become increasingly severe with growing system dimension, revealing an intrinsic weakness of the compatibility-based approach.
title Open quantum dynamics without Complete Positivity: a criticism
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18639