Stochastic unravelings for trace-nonpreserving open quantum system dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15516v1
• Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:10:27 GMT
• Title: Stochastic unravelings for trace-nonpreserving open quantum system dynamics
• Authors: Federico Settimo, Kimmo Luoma, Dariusz Chruściński, Bassano Vacchini, Andrea Smirne, Jyrki Piilo,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a general framework that extends piecewise-deterministic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations.<n>Our approach includes, as special cases, unravelings of arbitrary dynamics in the Heisenberg picture.<n>It is compatible with different unraveling schemes and with reverse jumps in the non-Markovian regime.
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• Abstract: Stochastic unravelings allow to efficiently simulate open system dynamics, yet their application has traditionally been restricted to master equations that preserve both Hermiticity and trace. In this work, we introduce a general framework that extends piecewise-deterministic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations, requiring only positivity and Hermiticity of the dynamics. Our approach includes, as special cases, unravelings of arbitrary dynamics in the Heisenberg picture, evolutions interpolating between fully Lindblad and non-Hermitian Hamiltonian generators, and equations employed in the derivation of full counting statistics, for which we show it can be used to obtain the moments of the associated probability distribution. The framework is suitable for both trace-decreasing and trace-increasing processes through stochastic disappearance and replication of the stochastic realizations, and it is compatible with different unraveling schemes and with reverse jumps in the non-Markovian regime. Thereby, our approach provides a powerful and versatile simulation method that significantly broadens the applicability of stochastic techniques for open system dynamics.

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