Effective dissipative dynamics for polarized photons
Abstract
Description
In the framework of open quantum systems, the propagation of polarized photons can be effectively described using quantum dynamical semigroups. These extended time-evolutions induce irreversibility and dissipation. Planned, high sensitive experiments, both in the laboratory and in space, will be able to put stringent bounds on these non-standard effects.
15 pages, plain-TeX, no figures
15 pages, plain-TeX, no figures