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Chapter 20: Open Quantum Systems

Chapter 20: Open Quantum Systems

pp. 537-566

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, University of Patras, Greece
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Summary

One of the most important concepts of classical mechanics is that of a closed system. A closed system is loosely defined as a system whose components interact only with each other, and it is characterized by phase space volume conservation and energy conservation – see Section 1.2.

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