Master equations are typically adopted to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems. Such equations are either in integro-differential or in time-local form, with the latter class more frequently adopted… Click to show full abstract
Master equations are typically adopted to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems. Such equations are either in integro-differential or in time-local form, with the latter class more frequently adopted due to the simpler numerical methods developed to obtain the corresponding solution. Here we show that any time-local master equation with positive rates in the generator, i.e. any CP-divisible quantum process, admits a microscopic model whose reduced dynamics is well described by the given equation.
               
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