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Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection
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We present a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the concept of quantum non-Markovianity, a central theme in the theory of open quantum systems. We introduce the concept of a quantum Markovian process as a generalization of the classical definition of Markovianity via the so-called divisibility property and relate this notion to the intuitive idea that links non-Markovianity with the persistence of memory effects. A detailed comparison with other definitions presented in the literature is provided. We then discuss several existing proposals to quantify the degree of non-Markovianity of quantum dynamics and to witness non-Markovian behavior, the latter providing sufficient conditions to detect deviations from strict Markovianity. Finally, we conclude by enumerating some timely open problems in the field and provide an outlook on possible research directions.
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“A different witness in terms of fidelity was previously proposed in [196]; however that was only able to detect deviations from time-homogeneous Markov processes, i.e. quantum dynamical semigroups where E (t 2 ,t 1 ) = E (t 2 -t 1 ) for every t 1 and t 2 .”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.2. Fidelity.
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Section II (p. 2) explicitly defines this paper’s witness using Hilbert–Schmidt distance between covariance matrices, not fidelity. The mentions of fidelity in the results (pp. 4–5) concern how accurately initial states are represented, not a non-Markovianity witness. The copy does not establish the claimed time-homogeneous-only limitation. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Theorem 3.1 (Gorini-Kossakowski-Susarshan-Lindblad). An operator L t is the generator of a quantum Markov (or divisible) process if and only if it can be written in the form dρ(t) dt = L t [ρ(t)] = -i[H (t), ρ(t)] + k γ k (t) V k (t)ρ(t)V † k (t) - 1 2 {V † k (t)V k (t), ρ(t)} , (32 ) where H (t) and V k (t) are time-dependent operators, with H (t) self-adjoint, and γ k (t) 0 for every k and time”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Theorem 3.1 (Gorini-Kossakowski-Susarshan-Lindblad).
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [28] source
- Not matchedcites [29] Kossakowski A, 1972, Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Math. Astron. Phys.
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [26] Rivas A, 2011, Open Quantum Systems. An Introduction source
- Supportedcites [32] Chruściński D, 2012, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. source
Section 4, Theorem 4.1 (page not available), states that a dynamical map is divisible if and only if its local generator has GKSL form at all times. Definition 4.1 equates divisibility with Markovian evolution, and equation (27) gives the GKSL form with a positive coefficient matrix, equivalent to nonnegative coefficients in a diagonal representation. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“A completely positive dynamics E(ρ S ) can be seen as the reduced dynamics of some unitary evolution acting on an extended state with the form ρ S ⊗ ρ E , where ρ E is the same, independent of ρ S .”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Theorem 3.5 (Stinespring [46]).
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The Summary and Conclusions (p. 9) states that an arbitrary quantum map can be represented by a unitary operation on a larger system and identifies this as the Stinespring–Kraus dilation theorem. The Collision Model (p. 4) uses an initial product state ρ⊗ξ, evolves it unitarily, and obtains the system map by tracing out the reservoir; ξ is specified separately from the system state. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“However, as pointed out in [102,103], this interpretation in terms of information flowing between the system and the environment may be problematic if taken strictly, because it is possible to obtain quantum non-Markovian dynamics with the form E (t,t 0 ) (ρ) = i p i U i (t, t 0 )ρU † i (t, t 0 ).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.2. Optimization of the Helstrom matrix norm
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- Partly supportedcites [102] Caruso F, 2012 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section C (pp. 50–51) describes information backflow from the environment as a signature of non-Markovian dynamics. It does not say that this interpretation is problematic or give a non-Markovian dynamics example of the stated random-unitary form. The unitary rotations discussed in §4 (p. 23) are instead an example of Markovian correlated noise. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Section VII, Eq. (17), gives the system dynamics as a probabilistic mixture of unitary transformations and explains that it can be modeled with a classical environment without back-action. Section VIII identifies the model’s dynamics as non-Markovian. Together, these passages support the caution against interpreting non-Markovianity strictly as information flowing back from the environment. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“Accardi, Frigerio and Lewis proved in their seminal paper [66] that this definition of a Markovian process implies our definition 3.2 (rewritten in the Heisenberg picture).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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The discussion of Markovian dynamics in “A. Non-Markovian dynamics” (p. 1) concerns master equations and semigroups, not an algebraic definition implying divisibility. Searches for Accardi, Frigerio and Lewis, divisibility, and the Heisenberg picture found no passage in our copy addressing the claimed proof. (LLM, conf=0.77)
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“While very efficient under certain conditions, there are some non-Markovian processes that cannot be witnessed by the trace distance, for example those where the non-Markovianity is encoded just in the 'non-unital part' of the dynamics [185].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.1. Trace distance and the BLP quantifier.
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- Could not verifycites [185] Wissmann S, 2013 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (p. 1) says increases in trace distance can quantify dynamical memory effects, while the Conclusions (p. 8) discuss limits on detecting initial system–environment correlations. Neither passage addresses non-Markovianity encoded only in the non-unital part of the dynamics; searches for that term and for processes trace distance cannot witness found no such discussion in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“However, the reverse implication fails to hold, i.e. not every dynamics fulfilling equation ( 55) satisfies theorem 3.4 (e.g.[34,79,80]).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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Section II (pp. 1–2) defines the divisibility-based Markovian condition and explicitly says that, although divisibility implies the BLP condition, the converse is generally false. The Introduction (p. 1) says the paper provides a BLP-Markovian evolution that is indivisible. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Not matchedcites [79] Breuer H-P, 2012, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys.
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Section IV (p. 4) states that every divisible map is Markovian under the BLP trace-distance criterion, but that the converse is generally false. Section III (p. 3) identifies divisibility as the RHP Markovian condition. The source thus supports the attributed failure of the reverse implication, though it does not refer to the citing paper’s theorem number. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“This definition is a particular case of definition 3.2.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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The paper defines non-Markovianity by an increase in trace distance for some pair of initial states (p. 2). It also states that divisible processes have non-increasing trace distance and that processes non-Markovian by its criterion must be non-divisible (pp. 1–2). This supports the claimed particular-case relationship, not an equivalence between the definitions. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Not matchedcites [77] Ji U C, 2010, Commun. Stoch. Anal.
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The paper defines its measure through increases in trace distance between pairs of initial states (Construction of the measure, p. 2). It then states that all divisible maps have monotonically decreasing trace distance, so a process non-Markovian by this measure must be nondivisible (Divisible maps, p. 3). It conjectures that the two notions are not equivalent (Other approaches to non-Markovianity, p. 7). (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“Given a family {E (t,t 0 ) , t t 0 }, the basic idea of this measure is to quantify how much non-completely positive the intermediate dynamics {E (t,t 1 ) , t t 1 t 0 } is for every time t 1 .”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
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- Partly supportedcites [106] Liu B-H, 2014 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
Section I identifies divisibility of the dynamical map as a characterization of non-Markovianity and cites Rivas, Huelga, and Plenio for it. But it does not say that their measure quantifies departures of intermediate maps from complete positivity; the measure this paper develops instead uses increases in trace distance (Section I, Eqs. 1–2). (LLM, conf=0.78)
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“D Q A [ρ SA (t)] = Q E (t,0) ,(158)”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.2.3. Quantum discord.
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The discussion on pp. 2–3 describes discord during partial decoherence of a measurement model, but does not state the claimed equality. Searches for the pure-dephasing model and Q E(t,0) found no passage that establishes it; the formulas in our copy are not decoded. (LLM, conf=0.73)
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The paper’s discussion of entanglement monotones and logarithmic negativity (Abstract; Notations and definitions, page unavailable) does not address the stated equality. Searches for quantum discord and the pure dephasing model found no passage in our copy supporting it. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Despite the fact that the most studied models to describe such a dynamics result in Markovian master equations of the form of equation (32) [25,[39][40][41], it is well-known that the exact dynamics of an open quantum system is essentially non-Markovian [22,24,26,42].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.3.2. Memoryless environment.
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- Not matchedcites [22] Davies E B, 1976, Quantum Theory of Open Systems
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The Introduction (p. 1) describes Markovian master equations as arising from an approximation, and §5 (p. 12) describes a formally exact equation for reduced dynamics with a memory kernel. These passages support the distinction between exact dynamics and commonly used Markovian descriptions, but the paper says non-Markovian treatment is necessary under conditions such as stronger coupling; it does not state that every open system’s exact dynamics is non-Markovian. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [26] Rivas A, 2011, Open Quantum Systems. An Introduction source
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“Complete positive maps are much easier to characterize than maps that are merely positive [19,20]; they admit the so-called Kraus representation,”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Definition 3.1 (P-divisible process).
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Theorem 1 gives a matrix-sum representation for completely positive maps, the form the claim calls a Kraus representation. The paper also describes their structure as tractable and says the general structure of positive maps is very complicated (Additional information). (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Recently, Chruściński and Maniscalco have proposed a hierarchical way to assess non-Markovianity [129].Their approach, based on the concept of k-divisibility, is interesting as it provides a way to define some kind of maximally non-Markovian dynamics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.5. Hierarchical k-divisibility degrees
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The Introduction (p. 1) discusses proposals to measure non-Markovianity, and Section V (pp. 7–8) examines decoherence factors in a cavity system. Searches for Chruściński and Maniscalco and for k-divisibility found no passage in our copy addressing their proposed hierarchy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Indeed, Chruściński and Maniscalco propose to give the name 'maximally non-Markovian dynamics' to those that D I ND(1) = 1, and consequently D I ND(2) = D I ND(3) = . . . = D I ND(d) = 1.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.5. Hierarchical k-divisibility degrees
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The Introduction (p. 1) mentions proposals for measuring non-Markovianity, and Section V (pp. 7–8) examines it through a cavity’s decoherence factor. Neither those passages nor searches for Chruściński and Maniscalco, “maximally non-Markovian,” and D_ND(k) address the proposed criterion or the claimed implication. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Actually, it can be proven [127] that f (t) = d 2 g(t) (see equation ( 68)), so this quantity is proportional to N I RHP , equation (69), N I γ = d 2 N I RHP . (94”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.4. Decay rates measures
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The Summary (p. 7) discusses divisibility-based measures of non-Markovianity, but does not state a relationship between f(t) and g(t) or between the two cited measures. Searches for those expressions, the factor d², and the RHP measure found no passage establishing the claimed equations in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.72)
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“Secondly, if the 'Born-Markov' approximation is combined with the secular approximation (i.e.neglecting fast oscillating terms in the evolution equation), a valid quantum dynamical semigroup is obtained [24-26, 39, 41], and then the dynamics can be certainly called Markovian.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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- Supportedcites [24] Breuer H-P, 2002, The Theory of Open Quantum Systems source
Section 3 (p. 6) describes the weak-coupling quantum optical master equation as Markovian and identifies the rotating-wave approximation as essential to its derivation. Section 3 (p. 5) says that the resulting Markovian dynamics has the quantum dynamical semigroup property. The paper specifies timescale conditions under which these approximations apply. (LLM, conf=0.87)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [25] Alicki R, 2007, Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [26] Rivas A, 2011, Open Quantum Systems. An Introduction source
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- Not matchedcites [41] Gardiner C W, 2004, Quantum Noise
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“Since E (t,t 0 ) is completely positive for any final time t, it is easy to prove that N + k ( ˜ , I ) |N - k ( ˜ , I )| [129], therefore D I ND(k) ∈ [0, 1] for all k.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.5. Hierarchical k-divisibility degrees
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Appendix C (p. 10) derives the reduced density matrix by tracing over the bath, while Section V (pp. 7–8) discusses a decoherence factor as a probe of non-Markovianity. Searches for complete positivity, the N⁺ₖ and N⁻ₖ inequality, and the claimed [0,1] bound found no passage in our copy addressing that assertion. (LLM, conf=0.70)
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“Firstly, despite the fact that the 'Born-Markov' approximation leads to master equations with time-independent coefficients, they do not always define a valid quantum dynamical semigroup [84,85].This is because they break complete positivity.Thus, these models should not be referred as 'Markovian' in the strict sense, as a Markovian process must preserve the positivity of any state, or of any”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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- Supportedcites [84] Whitney R S, 2008, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. source
Section 1.2 (pp. 3–4) says the usual time-independent-parameter assumption in Bloch–Redfield master equations can violate positivity on timescales comparable to the environment’s memory time. Section 2 (p. 5) identifies complete positivity as a requirement for a valid dynamical semigroup, while the Conclusions (p. 13) reserve ‘strictly Markovian’ evolution for zero memory time. The claim’s ‘not always’ qualification is important: the paper does not say every time-independent equation fails. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“Later on, the problem to decide whether a quantum channel is Markovian was shown to be very hard in the complexity theory sense [98,99]; however it has been analyzed for small-sized systems in [77] and [100].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.1. Geometric measures
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The Preliminaries (p. 1) define Markovian evolution, and the Discussion (p. 4) says the method can quantify non-Markovianity through environmental memory. Neither passage addresses the complexity of deciding whether a quantum channel is Markovian or reports an analysis of that decision problem for small systems; searches for those points found no such passage. (LLM, conf=0.76)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [99] source
- Not matchedcites [77] Ji U C, 2010, Commun. Stoch. Anal.
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The p. 2 discussion states that any instance of the NP-complete 1-IN-3SAT problem can be transformed into a quantum Markovianity problem, establishing the complexity-theory claim. The sentence cites other works for the analysis of small-sized systems; that part is not attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“in [127] Hall, Cresser, Li and Andersson proposed a measure of non-Markovianity focused on properties of the generator.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.4. Decay rates measures
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The Introduction (p. 1) discusses generators as background, while the Summary (p. 7) describes the paper’s approach in terms of stochastic and dynamical maps. Searches for Hall, Cresser, Li and Andersson and for a generator-based non-Markovianity measure found no passage saying that those authors proposed the measure. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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“E (t,t 1 ) ⊗ 1 1 (| |) 1 = 1 iff E (t,t 1 ) is CP, > 1 otherwise.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
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Theorem 2 (in the copy’s Abstract section; page not provided) states that a map is completely positive if and only if its associated matrix is positive. The copy does not state the claimed trace-norm criterion or establish the normalization needed for a threshold of 1. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“There are already studies showing its usefulness to prepare steady entangled states [122], to enhance the achievable resolution in quantum metrology [259,260] or to assist certain tasks in quantum information and computation [208,261,262].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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The discussion of non-Markovian behavior (p. 3) uses entanglement decay between a qubit and an ancilla as a measure; it does not describe preparing a steady entangled state. The Conclusion (p. 4) concerns a single-qubit channel and its non-Markovian effects. Searches for steady entangled states and their preparation found no passage addressing the attributed use. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“For the quantum discord, note that the state (140) belongs to the subclass known as 'X-states', for which the optimization problem in equation ( 152) can be efficiently solved [230,245].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.2.3. Quantum discord.
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The discussion on p. 2 describes minimizing quantum discord over measurements, but does not address X-states or whether that optimization can be efficiently solved for them. Searches for X-states and efficient optimization found no passage establishing the claim; the cited paper also cannot identify the citing document’s state (140). (LLM, conf=0.72)
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The paper’s Abstract discusses entanglement measures and the difficulty of optimizing some of them, but not quantum discord. Searches for quantum discord and X-states found no passage identifying the citing paper’s state (140) as an X-state or addressing efficient solution of its equation (152). (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Another interesting proposed way to witness non-Markovianity was suggested by Lorenzo et al in [211].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.6. Bloch volume measure.
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The Information back-flow section (p. 3) discusses a non-Markovianity measure based on quantum channel capacity, not a Bloch-volume witness. Searches for Lorenzo, Bloch volume, and the volume of accessible states found no passage in our copy addressing the attributed proposal. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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“There are already studies showing its usefulness to prepare steady entangled states [122], to enhance the achievable resolution in quantum metrology [259,260] or to assist certain tasks in quantum information and computation [208,261,262].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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The Conclusions report that a non-Markovianity measure is sensitive to a phase transition, and Section III describes Ramsey interferometry as a way to study the crystal. Neither passage says that non-Markovian processes enhance achievable resolution in quantum metrology; searches for metrological precision and resolution found no such result in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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The paper’s summary (p. 1) says that non-Markovian dynamics enables quantum-correlated probes to outperform uncorrelated probes using otherwise identical resources. The Conclusions (p. 4) likewise report a metrological advantage under non-Markovian dephasing, supporting the citing sentence’s broad claim about enhanced resolution. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“However, similarly to the trace distance, since the volume of accessible states is independent of the affine vector c (t,t 0 ) , it is not sensitive to dynamics where the non-Markovianity is encoded in c (t,t 0 ) .More concretely, it can be shown that the volume of accessible states only detects non-Markovian dynamics such that Tr[M (t,t 0 ) ] > 0 [127].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.6. Bloch volume measure.
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The Abstract (p. 1) and Summary (p. 7) discuss non-Markovianity using intermediate dynamical maps, divisibility, and trace distance, but do not address a Bloch-volume witness. Searches for the affine vector c(t,t0), accessible-state volume, and the condition Tr[M(t,t0)] > 0 found no passage supporting the claimed limitations. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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“Interestingly, | det[M (t,t 0 ) ]| describes the change in volume of the set of states accessible through the evolution [211], so that Markovian evolutions reduce (or leave invariant) the volume of accessible states.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.6. Bloch volume measure.
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The Information back-flow section (p. 3) says that quantum channel capacity decreases monotonically under Markovian dephasing, but it does not identify that quantity with the volume of accessible states. Searches for det M and accessible-state volume found no passage explaining a determinant as a volume change or stating the claimed volume result. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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“For instance, some quantitative relations between non-Markovianity effects and criticality and phase transitions [175, 256-258], Loschmidt echo [174, 175, 256], symmetry breaking [166], and Zeno and anti-Zeno effects [150] have already been described.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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The cited paper is attached to the criticality/phase-transition and Loschmidt-echo parts of the sentence, not to symmetry breaking or Zeno effects. It establishes a relationship between a non-Markovianity measure and the Loschmidt echo (p. 2) and reports that the measure pinpoints the critical field in its qubit–Ising-chain model (p. 4). (LLM, conf=0.93)
- Could not verifycites [256] de Vicente J I, 2014 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (p. 2) and Conclusions (pp. 18–19) discuss nonlocality as a resource theory and its measures, not non-Markovianity. Searches for the claimed links and for “Loschmidt echo” found no passage in our copy addressing criticality, symmetry breaking, or Zeno/anti-Zeno effects. (LLM, conf=0.77)
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On p. 4, the paper links the Loschmidt echo to non-Markovianity and reports that non-Markovianity varies with the critical parameter α in a trapped Fermi gas. It does not report a relation to phase transitions. The citing sentence assigns symmetry breaking and Zeno/anti-Zeno effects to other references, not this paper. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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The paper’s introduction (p. 1) reports that its non-Markovianity measure is sensitive to the critical point of a Coulomb crystal’s structural phase transition. Its conclusions (p. 4) likewise say that changes in the measure pinpoint criticality. The citing sentence assigns separate citations to the Loschmidt echo, symmetry breaking, and Zeno effects; those are not claims attributed to this source here. (LLM, conf=0.91)
- Could not verifycites [174] sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Introduction (p. 1) and Conclusion (p. 10) describe a relation between non-Markovian information flow and geometric phase, not the listed phenomena. The “critical point” in the time-local master-equation section (p. 6) is a parameter point where information flow begins to increase, not a physical phase transition. Searches for Loschmidt echo, symmetry breaking, and Zeno or anti-Zeno effects found no passage addressing them. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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The citation to this paper, [150], is attached specifically to Zeno and anti-Zeno effects. Our copy discusses non-Markovianity in random-telegraph and colored-noise channels (Conclusions, p. 7), but the passages returned for searches of “Zeno anti-Zeno effects” and the other listed links do not address a relation to Zeno or anti-Zeno effects. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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“ρ(t) = E (t,0) [ρ(0)] = ρ 11 ρ 12 R(t) ρ 21 R(t) ρ 22 , with R(t) = e -2 t 0 γ (s) ds .(107) Note that 0 R(t) 1.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.1. Trace distance and the BLP quantifier.
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“Note that for p(t) = 1/2, the coherences vanish completely.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
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“g(t) = p (t) 1 -2p(t) - p (t) 1 -2p(t) = 0 i f p (t) 1 -2p(t) 0, - 2p (t) 1 -2p(t) if p (t) 1 -2p(t) < 0. (86”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
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“F [ρ 1 (t), ρ 2 (t)] = Tr ρ 1 (t)ρ 2 (t) ρ 1 (t) 2 = 1 -R 2 (t), (113 ) so that dF [ρ 1 (t), ρ 2 (t)] dt = -2R (t)R(t) = 4γ (t)R 2 (t). (114”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.2. Fidelity.
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“D 1 [ρ 1 (t), ρ 2 (t)] = 1 2 ρ 1 (t) -ρ 2 (t) 1 = 0 R(t) R(t) 0 1 = |R(t)| = R(t), (108 ) so that σ (ρ 1 , ρ 2 , t) = dD 1 [ρ 1 (t), ρ 2 (t)] dt = -2γ (t)R(t). (109”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.1. Trace distance and the BLP quantifier.
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“For instance, γ (t) = sin(t) or γ (t) = tan(t) in t ∈ [0, 2π ]. Interestingly, for these two examples the Choi-Jamiolkowski measure equation ( 71) provides different values.We obtain D I NM(RHP) = 0.758 and D I NM(RHP) = 0.803, for γ (t) = sin(t) and γ (t) = tan(t), respectively.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.5. Hierarchical k-divisibility degrees
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“Note that since the eigenvalues γ j (t) are independent of the basis, this form is unique (up to degeneracy).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.4. Decay rates measures
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“I QFI (t) = k γ k (t)J k (t), (129 ) J k (t) := -Tr ρ θ (t)[L(ρ θ , t), V k (t)] † [L(ρ θ , t), V k (t)] 0. (130”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
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“Therefore, both quantities have the same derivative dC ea E (t,0) dt = dQ E (t,0) dt = -γ (t)R(t) log 1 + R(t) 1 -R(t) , (143 ) which can be positive only for non-Markovian dynamics, γ (t) < 0.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.5. Capacity measures.
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“D 2 B (ρ θ , ρ θ+δθ ) = 1 4 R 2 (t)(δθ ) 2 + O[(δθ ) 3 ] ⇒ F(ρ θ ) = R 2 (t). (131 ) Thus, the quantum Fisher information flow, equation (127), is I QFI (t) = γ (t)J (t), with J (t) = -4R 2 (t), (132”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
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“On the other hand, since the maps {E (t 2 ,t 1 ) , t 2 t 1 t 0 } are supposed to describe some quantum evolution, they are linear (there is no experimental evidence against this fact [15][16][17]).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.2. Definition in terms of one-point probabilities: divisibility
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“Since the Markov condition (1) implies that P(x 3 , t 3 |x 2 , t 2 ; x 1 , t 1 ) = P(x 3 , t 3 |x 2 , t 2 ), by taking the sum over x 2 and dividing both sides by P(x 1 , t 1 ), we arrive at P(x 3 , t 3 |x 1 , t 1 ) = x 2 ∈X P(x 3 , t 3 |x 2 , t 2 )P(x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ), (4) which is called the Chapman-Kolmogorov equation.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Definition 2.1 (Markov process).
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“Thus, note that when q = 0 or q = 1, we immediately obtain zero probability of wrongly identifying the true state.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Theorem 3.2.
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“For instance, it follows immediately from (1) that for a Markov process E(x n , t n |x n-1 , t n-1 ; . . .; x 0 , t 0 ) = E(x n , t n |x n-1 , t n-1 ), for all {t n t n-1 . . .t 0 } ⊂ I,”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Definition 2.1 (Markov process).
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“That is not the case for a P-divisible dynamics where just the positivity of E (t 2 ,t 1 ) is required instead of the complete positivity.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Theorem 3.4.
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“a very nice property is that divisibility may be defined in the quantum case without any explicit mention of measurement processes.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.2. Definition in terms of one-point probabilities: divisibility
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“In the case of non-Markovian processes, T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ) might be not well defined for t 1 = t 0 .Nevertheless, if the matrix P(x 1 , t 1 |x 0 , t 0 ) is invertible for every t 1 , then T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ) can be written in terms of well-defined quantities.”
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“However, condition equation ( 12) may be not fulfilled, which prevents any interpretation of T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ) as a conditional probability and therefore manifests the non-Markovian character of such a stochastic process.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 2.2. Transition matrices
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“Corollary 2.1.Consider a Markov process {X(t), t ∈ I }, then for any t 3 t 2 t 1 t 0 , the transition matrix satisfies the properties x 2 ∈X T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ) = 1,(11) T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ) 0, (12 ) T (x 3 , t 3 |x 1 , t 1 ) = x 2 ∈X T (x 3 , t 3 |x 2 , t 2 )T (x 2 , t 2 |x 1 , t 1 ). (13 )”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 2.2. Transition matrices
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“Then the minimum (averaged) probability to give the wrong answer turns out to be P min (fail) = 1 -w(x) 1 2 , (18 )”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 2.3. Contractive property
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“Concretely, in order to keep the positivity of density matrices in the presence of entanglement with another extra system, we must impose complete positivity instead of positivity [14,[21][22][23][24][25][26].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Definition 3.1 (P-divisible process).
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“However, it is not immediately apparent that the memoryless property present in the classical case is also present in the quantum domain.There are at least two ways to visualize this property, which is hidden in definition 3.2.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.3. Where is the memoryless property in quantum Markovian processes?
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“Since for a closed quantum system the evolution is given by some two-parameter family of unitary operators U(t 1 , t 0 ), which fulfil U(t 2 , t 0 ) = U(t 2 , t 1 )U (t 1 , t 0 ) (see for instance [38]), the evolution of a closed quantum system is trivially Markovian.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.3.2. Memoryless environment.
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“Note that the apparent lack of memory in an unbiased case does not imply a general memoryless property; it only manifests in a general biased case (and taking into account possible ancillary systems).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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“The 1-divisible processes are the P-divisible processes as introduced in definition 3.1, and the 0-divisible processes are processes where E (t 2 ,t 1 ) is not a positive operator for some t 1 and t 2 t 1 .”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.5. Hierarchical k-divisibility degrees
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“Among several properties, the fidelity is monotonic under complete positive maps E, F [E(ρ 1 ), E(ρ 2 )] F (ρ 1 , ρ 2 ), (112 ) reaching the equality if and only if the completely positive map is unitary E(•) = U(•)U † [189].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.2. Fidelity.
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“Moreover, as k increases, so does the dimension of the space in the optimization problem equation ( 100), and hence it is clear that 0 D I ND(1) . . . D I ND(d) 1.(101)”
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“Therefore, g(t) = f (t), as expected in this case since d = 2.”
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“Thus, the fidelity is monotonically increasing for Markovian evolutions, and therefore it may be used to witness non-Markovian behavior.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.2. Fidelity.
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“This quantity lies between 0 and 1 and is positive if and only if the process is non-Markovian, therefore it is a degree of non-Markovianity.”
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“Therefore, if the dimension of the quantum system is d, a k-divisible process with k d is what in this work has been called a divisible or Markovian process (see definition 3.2).”
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“If these maps are completely positive (CP) for all t 1 , the time evolution is Markovian (definition 3.2).”
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“For Markovian evolution, γ -(t) 0, γ z (t) 0 for all t and g(t) = f (t) = 0.”
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“Therefore, if σ (ρ 1 , ρ 2 , t) > 0 for some t, then γ (t) < 0, and the dynamics is non-Markovian.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.1. Trace distance and the BLP quantifier.
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“In this equation, only D I ND(d) is a degree of non-Markovianity as defined in this work.The other quantities are zero for non-Markovian but k-divisible (k < d) dynamics.”
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“In other words, this approach does not distinguish between non-Markovian and Markovian equations of motion with time-dependent coefficients.Moreover, this problem persists in the classical limit.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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“Hence, if the fidelity decreases at some time t, then γ (t) < 0 and the dynamics is non-Markovian.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.2. Fidelity.
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“As commented in section 3.3.1,this phenomenon denotes the existence of memory effects in the dynamics, as an increase of information at time t + with respect to t suggests that the system is 'remembering' its original state at t + .”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.2. Optimization of the Helstrom matrix norm
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“Despite the conceptually clear meaning of D I NM(g) , it suffers from an important drawback, as it is very hard to compute in practice because of the involved optimization process.In fact, note that the set of Markovian maps M is non-convex [96], which makes the problem computationally intractable as the dimension of the system grows.”
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“Note that, in general [see an exception in the point (iii) below], we need to know the complete dynamical map {E (t,t 0 ) , t t 0 } to compute the function g(t).The standard way to obtain it is resorting to process tomography.”
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“This dynamics describes the process where the nondiagonal elements (coherences) of ρ change the sign with a probability p(t), and with a probability 1-p(t) the qubit remains in the same state ρ.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
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“It should be noted however, that this definition does not coincide with the definition adopted in this review and, in our view, suffers from certain drawbacks.The semigroup law equation ( 50) is just a particular case of the two-parameter composition law equation ( 29), which encompasses the case of time-inhomogeneous Markovian processes.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 3.4. Comparison with other definitions of quantum Markovianity
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“As in the case of geometric measures, the main drawback of the quantity N I H is the difficult optimization process, which makes this measure rather impractical.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.2. Optimization of the Helstrom matrix norm
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“Nevertheless, note that the quantum Fisher information provides just a lower bound to the error on θ , and in fact there are cases where this bound is not achievable.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
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“Going back to the problem of witnessing non-Markovianity, the quantum Fisher information is also monotonically decreasing under Markovian dynamics, as it cannot increase under completely positive maps.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
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“This is a purification of the maximally mixed state, which is the one that solves the optimization problem in equations (137) and ( 138) for this model as commented in example 5.5.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.2.3. Quantum discord.
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“Therefore, the quantum relative entropy between any two states is monotonically decreasing with time in a Markovian process, and any increment of it at some time instant reveals the non-Markovian character of the dynamics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.3. Quantum relative entropies.
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“The quantum coherent information is monotonic under completely positive maps 7 : I c (ρ, E 2 E 1 ) I c (ρ, E 1 ),(136) and the same equation is satisfied for I (ρ, E).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.5. Capacity measures.
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“Quantum Markovian processes have been defined by taking the divisibility approach, which allows us to circumvent the problem of constructing a hierarchy of probabilities in quantum mechanics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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“Since 0 R(t) 1, everything multiplying γ (t) in the above equation is negative.Hence, an increment in the quantum relative entropy at some t implies γ (t) < 0 and non-Markovianity.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.3. Quantum relative entropies.
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“Note, however, that the existence of quantitative connections between quantum discord and completely positive maps remains controversial [237][238][239][240][241][242][243].”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.2.3. Quantum discord.
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“The entanglement assisted capacity C ea sets a bound on the amount of classical information that can be transmitted along the dynamical process described by E (t,t 0 ) when the sender at t 0 and the receiver at t are allowed to share an unlimited amount of entanglement.Similarly, the capacity Q provides the limit to the rate at which quantum information can be reliably sent by the quantum process”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.5. Capacity measures.
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“In addition, any dynamics that is Markovian according to the semigroup definition is also Markovian according to the divisibility definition, and hence Markovian according to the BLP definition.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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“The divisibility definition is essentially equivalent to the algebraic one (see main text).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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“In [208] Bylicka et al have suggested the use of capacity measures to detect non-Markovianity.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.5. Capacity measures.
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“and I QFI (t) > 0 for some t denotes γ (t) < 0 and non-Markovianity.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
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“Quantum Markovian processes have been defined by taking the divisibility approach, which allows us to circumvent the problem of constructing a hierarchy of probabilities in quantum mechanics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 6. Conclusion and outlook
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“Recall that the quantum discord between two quantum systems is a non-symmetric measure of correlations, so that it is not the same to measure the quantum discord between S and A, with respect to A, as with respect to S.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.2.3. Quantum discord.
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A classical random variable can be sampled without changing its later statistics, while measuring a quantum system disturbs its state and changes later outcomes.
“The problem arises because we can sample a classical random variable without affecting its posterior statistics; however, in order to 'sample' a quantum system, we need to perform measurements, and these measurements disturb the state of the system and affect the subsequent outcomes.”
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The inverse E^{-1}(t1,t0) exists, so that the intermediate map E(t,t1) is well defined by equation (65).
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“Recent work has demonstrated that the retention of quantum dynamics in biological systems is intricately connected with environmental fluctuations taking place at biologically relevant length and time scales [51–55].”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 1. Introduction
“Section 4 gives a detailed review of different measures of non-Markovianity and section 4 describes different approaches in order to construct witnesses able to detect non-Markovian dynamics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4. Measures of quantum non-Markovianity
“Thus, the present section is devoted to the quantification problem whereas the detection of non-Markovian dynamics by witnesses is left to section 5.”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.4. Decay rates measures
“Since Markovian dynamics is characterized by generators with the form of equation (32), in [127] Hall, Cresser, Li and Andersson proposed a measure of non-Markovianity focused on properties of the generator.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > References
“127. Usha Devi A R, Rajagopal A K, Sudha and Rendell R W 2012 J. Quantum Inform. Sci. 2 47-54 128. Hall M J W, Cresser J D, Li L and Andersson E 2014 Phys. Rev. A 89 042120”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
“F(ρ θ ) := 4 lim δθ→0 D B (ρ θ , ρ θ +δθ ) δθ 2 . (121”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5.1.4. Quantum Fisher information.
“D 2 B (ρ θ , ρ θ +δθ ) = 1 4 F(ρ θ )(δθ ) 2 + O[(δθ ) 3 ],(120)”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 1. Introduction
“Section 4 gives a detailed review of different measures of non-Markovianity and section 4 describes different approaches in order to construct witnesses able to detect non-Markovian dynamics.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 5. Witnesses of Quantum non-Markovianity
“## 5. Witnesses of Quantum non-Markovianity”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > 4.3. The RHP measure
“A computationally simpler measure of non-Markovianity was introduced in [106] by Rivas, Huelga and Plenio.”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > References
“106. Liu B-H, Wißmann S, Hu X-M, Zhang C, Huang Y-F, Li C-F, Guo G-C, Karlsson A, Piilo J and Breuer H-P 2014 Locality, universality of quantum memory effects (arXiv:1403.4261) 107. Rivas A, Huelga S F and Plenio M B 2010 Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 050403”
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§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > Theorem 3.5 (Stinespring [46]).
“## Theorem 3.5 (Stinespring [46]).”
§ Quantum non-Markovianity: characterization, quantification and detection > References
“46. Ziman M and Bužek V 2005 Phys. Rev. A 72 022110 47. Stinespring W F 1955 Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 6 211”
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de Mendonça, T. M., Céleri, L. C., Paternostro, M., & Soares-Pinto, D. O. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.110.l040401 · Cited by 4
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BackgroundFrom the Heisenberg to the Schrödinger Picture: Quantum Stochastic Processes and Process Tensors
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“A number of definitions of non-Markovianity [7] have been proposed namely, based on distinguishability [8], completely positive (CP-) divisibility, negativity of the decay rate [9–11], quantum temporal correlations [12, 13] and a more general definition based on deviation from semigroup structure [14], to name a few.”
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Characterizing non-Markovianity via quantum coherence based on Kirkwood-Dirac quasiprobability
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“The corresponding dynamical maps satisfy all common notions of Markovianity frequently used in the literature [9, 10, 13, 73, 74].”
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Non-Markovianity in the Adapted Caldeira–Leggett Model
Manara, L., Smirne, A., & Vacchini, B. (2026) · International Journal of Quantum Information · doi:10.1142/s0219749926400046 · Cited by 2
Bottlenecks in Quantum Channels and Finite Temperature Phases of Matter
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Intermediate scattering function and quantum recoil in non-Markovian quantum diffusion
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Quantum evolution speed in a double-layer environment
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Microscopically Reversible Pathways with Memory
Arias-Gonzalez, J. R. (2021) · Mathematics · doi:10.3390/math9020127 · Cited by 2
Nonlinear Optimal Feedback Control of the Two-Level Open Non-Markovian Stochastic Quantum System
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Information preservation of two qubits in a structured environment
Xiong, H.-N., Li, L., Sun, Z., Yang, Z.-J., Le, Z., Huang, Y., & Wang, X. (2022) · New Journal of Physics · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aca559 · Cited by 3
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“In OM cavities the electronic states of the two-level atom were energized with an inner cavity field (Breuer et al. 2009, 2016; Laine et al. 2010; Zhang et al. 2016; Breuer and Petruccione 2002; Rivas et al. 2014; Ian et al. 2008).”
Witnessing environment dimension through temporal correlations
Vieira, L. B., Milz, S., Vitagliano, G., & Budroni, C. (2024) · Quantum · doi:10.22331/q-2024-01-10-1224 · Cited by 4
Identification of causal influences in quantum processes
Friend, I., & Kissinger, A. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.109.042214 · Cited by 2
Distillation of quantum non-Markovianity
Azevedo, T. M. D., Duarte, C., & Bernardes, N. K. (2024) · Physics Letters A · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2024.129582 · Cited by 2
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Relating completely positive divisibility of dynamical maps with compatibility of channels
Mitra, A., Saha, D., Bhattacharya, S., & Majumdar, A. S. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.109.062213 · Cited by 2
“The Born-Markov approximation and stationary bath state approximation are imperative to realize such quantum operations, and hence, in the absence of these initial approximations, the dynamics is bound to be CP-indivisible and prone to show information backflow [11].”
BackgroundInfluentialRole of Quantum Information in HEOM Trajectories
Humphries, B. S., Kinslow, J. C., Green, D., et al. (2024) · Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation · doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00144 · Cited by 2
Schrödinger cats coupled with cavities losses: the effect of finite and structured reservoirs
Lira, J., & Sanz, L. (2024) · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · doi:10.1364/josab.522771 · Cited by 2
“Recent studies have demonstrated that quantum information reaching the environment is not always irretrievably lost [16–18]; sometimes, it can be recovered, at least temporarily.”
BackgroundA novel scheme for modelling dissipation (gain) and thermalization in open quantum systems
Kheirandish, F., Bolandhemmat, E., Cheraghpour, N., et al. (2024) · Physica Scripta · doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ad97f1 · Cited by 2
Non‐Markovian Dynamics in Fiber Delay‐Line Buffers
Lee, K. F., & Kumar, P. (2025) · Advanced Quantum Technologies · doi:10.1002/qute.202400533 · Cited by 2
“In a weak coupling process, the medium induces memoryless dynamics on the qubit so that its density matrix ρ (t) at time t is determined by ρ (t − dt) with the infinitesimal dt .”
BackgroundInfluentialCorrelated and critical phenomena in multipartite quantum non-Markovianity
González, I., & Rivas, ́. (2025) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.111.l020204 · Cited by 2
“Notably, most of the studies about characterizations of non-Markovian dynamics deal with relatively simple open systems, such as a qubit or an harmonic oscillator subject to the presence of a non-Markovian bath (see [16–18] and references therein).”
BackgroundInfluentialSelf-citationSpontaneous emission in a coupled cavity array featuring random-dimer disorder
Monteiro, M. O., Almeida, G. M. A., & de Moura, F. A. B. F. (2025) · Annals of Physics · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2025.170009 · Cited by 2
The quantum non-Markovianity for a special class of generalized Weyl channel
Xu, W., Li, M.-S., Li, B., Jiao, G.-M., & Zheng, Z. (2025) · Physica Scripta · doi:10.1088/1402-4896/adca0b · Cited by 2
“A universally accepted definition for quantum (non-)Markovian dynamics remains elusive [3–7].”
Berrada, K., & Bougouffa, S. B. (2025) · Symmetry · doi:10.3390/sym17050647 · Cited by 2
Superclassical non-Markovian open quantum dynamics
Budini, A. A. (2025) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.111.052202 · Cited by 2
Dann, R. (2025) · Quantum · doi:10.22331/q-2025-05-12-1740 · Cited by 3
“Beyond the Markovian regime, the restriction given by (2) is lifted, and the system evolution may exhibit information backflow, resulting in oscillatory behavior [149], power-law decay rates [106, 183], strong dispersive interactions [67] and fractional decay [23, 67, 98, 100, 112, 162, 188].”
Open quantum system approaches to superconducting qubits
Naeij, H. R. (2025) · Quantum Information Processing · doi:10.1007/s11128-025-04838-y · Cited by 7
“For more details, please see [123].”
Non-Markovianity and quantumness: Insights from dephasing channels
Aiache, Y., Seida, C., Anouz, K. E., & Allati, A. E. (2025) · AVS Quantum Science · doi:10.1116/5.0268432 · Cited by 3
Bose, B., Tiwari, D., & Banerjee, S. (2025) · Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science · doi:10.1063/5.0275096 · Cited by 2
Multi-time quantum process tomography on a superconducting qubit
Giarmatzi, C., Jones, T., Gilchrist, A., Pakkiam, P., Fedorov, A., & Costa, F. (2025) · Quantum · doi:10.22331/q-2025-12-18-1952 · Cited by 12
Quantifying quantum non-Markovianity based on quantum coherence via skew information
Shao, L.-H., Zhang, Y.-R., Luo, Y., Xi, Z., & Fei, S.-M. (2019) · Laser Physics Letters · doi:10.1088/1612-202x/ab5fe3 · Cited by 2
On the non-Markovianity of quantum semi-Markov processes
Utagi, S., Banerjee, S., & Srikanth, R. (2021) · Quantum Information Processing · doi:10.1007/s11128-021-03302-x · Cited by 2
“[6] Angel Rivas, Susana F Huelga, and Martin B Plenio.”
BackgroundEffect of Time-Delayed Feedback on the Interaction of a Dimer System with its Environment
Farhat, M., Kais, S., & Alharbi, F. H. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-15185-z · Cited by 2
Markovian and Non-Markovian Dynamics in the One-Dimensional Transverse-Field XY Model
Saghafi, Z., Mahdavifar, S., & Lapasar, E. H. (2019) · Journal of Statistical Physics · doi:10.1007/s10955-019-02309-0 · Cited by 2
Distinguishing environment-induced non-Markovianity from subsystem dynamics
Banerjee, S., Naikoo, J., & Srikanth, R. (2020) · International Journal of Quantum Information · doi:10.1142/s0219749920500422 · Cited by 2
Kiselev, A. D., Ali, R., & Rybin, A. V. (2021) · Symmetry · doi:10.3390/sym13122309 · Cited by 2
Rivas, ́. (2022) · Open Systems & Information Dynamics · doi:10.1142/s1230161222500123 · Cited by 2
Self-citationAncillary Gaussian modes activate the potential to witness non-Markovianity
Santis, D. D., Farina, D., Mehboudi, M., & Acín, A. (2023) · New Journal of Physics · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/acba3a · Cited by 2
Many-body quantum non-Markovianity
Brugger, J., Dittel, C., & Buchleitner, A. (2023) · Physical Review Research · doi:10.1103/physrevresearch.5.023060 · Cited by 2
Optimality and Complexity in Measured Quantum-State Stochastic Processes
Venegas-Li, A., & Crutchfield, J. P. (2023) · Journal of Statistical Physics · doi:10.1007/s10955-023-03112-8 · Cited by 3
“In particular, there is extensive use of the descriptor “memoryless” to refer to Markov processes with Markov order R = 1 and “non-Markovian” to refer to processes with finite Markov order R > 1 [6, 23, 27, 67, 68].”
BackgroundMethodMarkovian semigroup from mixing generalized Weyl dephasing channels
Xu, W., Li, M.-S., & Zheng, Z. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.109.012410 · Cited by 2
Luo, D.-W., & Yu, T. (2024) · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · doi:10.1364/josab.522819 · Cited by 3
“The term “non-Markovian” or “Markov” for the dynamics here would refer to whether the dynamics of the JC atom shows memory effects, signified by a non-monotonic trace distance change [59, 60], or a flow of information from the environment to the system [61–63].”
BackgroundPerturbative dynamics in the pseudocoherent phase of the spin-boson model
Zeng, J., & Yao, Y. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.110.012212 · Cited by 2
Data processing inequality and open quantum systems: Beyond Markov states
Turkmen, A., Verçin, A., & Yılmaz, S. (2017) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.96.042112 · Cited by 2
Two-time correlations functions and quantumness of an open two-level system
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Non-Markovian Open Dynamics from Collision Models
Pathak, V., & Shaji, A. (2019) · Open Systems & Information Dynamics · doi:10.1142/s1230161219500185 · Cited by 2
Macroscopic instructions vs microscopic operations in quantum circuits
Veitia, A., Silva, M. P. D., Blume-Kohout, R., & van Enk, S. J. (2019) · Physics Letters A · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2019.126131 · Cited by 5
Evolution of quantum coherence induced by band gaps and initial-state preparation measurements
Giraldi, F. (2020) · International Journal of Quantum Information · doi:10.1142/s0219749919410181 · Cited by 2
Excitation dynamics in chain-mapped environments
Tamascelli, D. (2020) · OPen Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm (OPARU) (Ulm University) · doi:10.18725/oparu-42661 · Cited by 2
Witnessing objectivity on a quantum computer
Chisholm, D. A., García-Pérez, G., Rossi, M. A. C., Maniscalco, S., & Palma, G. M. (2021) · Quantum Science and Technology · doi:10.1088/2058-9565/ac40f3 · Cited by 17
“The core idea of QD is that as the system decoheres due to the interaction with an environment [5, 6], information about the system is encoded into said environment.”
Eternally non-Markovian dynamics of a qubit interacting with a single-photon wavepacket
Dąbrowska, A. M., Chruściński, D., Chakraborty, S., & Sarbicki, G. (2021) · New Journal of Physics · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ac3c60 · Cited by 11
Non-Markovianity and entanglement detection
Chanduka, S., Bhattacharya, B., Mundra, R., Bhattacharya, S., & Chakrabarty, I. (2023) · International Journal of Quantum Information · doi:10.1142/s0219749923500259 · Cited by 1
Discrete time crystals in the presence of non-Markovian dynamics
Das, B., Jaseem, N., & Mukherjee, V. (2024) · Physical Review A · doi:10.1103/physreva.110.012208 · Cited by 1
Quantum effects in ion transport: A thermodynamic resource theory approach
Mohammadi, A. M., & Shafiee, A. (2025) · Biosystems · doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2025.105412 · Cited by 1
“In fact, in a more technical framework concerning resource theories, non-Markovianity can be viewed as a dynamic resource, representing a valuable aspect of quantum operations rather than quantum states [51–53].”
Prigogine–Resibois master equation with power-law kernel: quantum dynamics with memory
Tarasov, V. E. (2025) · The European Physical Journal Plus · doi:10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06106-5 · Cited by 1
Information back-flow in quantum non-Markovian dynamics and its connection to teleportation
Tserkis, S., Head-Marsden, K., & Narang, P. (2025) · Physics Letters A · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130649 · Cited by 1
Violation of diagonal non-invasiveness: A hallmark of non-classical memory effects
Budini, A. A. (2025) · Physics Letters A · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2025.130788 · Cited by 2
Benabdallah, F., Abd‐Rabbou, M. Y., & Daoud, M. (2025) · Annalen der Physik · doi:10.1002/andp.202500258 · Cited by 1
Non-Markovian amplitude damping in a central spin model with random couplings
Rashid, M., Malla, R. A., Bashir, S., & Lone, M. Q. (2025) · Physica Scripta · doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ae06d8 · Cited by 1
“Non-Markovianity arises from memory effects, where information lost to the environment flows back to the system, influencing its evolution [5, 6].”
Computable measures of non-Markovianity for Gaussian free fermion systems
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“To that end, a number of measures have been introduced to quantify the degree of non-Markovianity in a dynamical map; each reflects a different operational or information-theoretic aspect of the dynamics [27,28].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rivas, Á., Huelga, S. F., & Plenio, M. B.
- Affiliations
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- ORCID
- Plenio, Martin B
- Venue
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Published
- 2014-08-22
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 094001
- ISSN
- 0034-4885 (ISSN-L)
- 1361-6633
- OpenAlex
- W2031255223
- Semantic Scholar
- e26ce9e5754399e0a1752aedeb6663b48376f572
- Cited by
- 1,035
- References
- 206
- Citations by year
- 2026: 96 · 2025: 103 · 2024: 89 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 107 · 2020: 107 · 2019: 94 · 2018: 79 · 2017: 83 · 2016: 63 · 2015: 58 · 2014: 11
- FWCI
- 35.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Reports on Progress in Physics (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Keywords
- quantum non-Markovianity, open quantum systems, divisibility, memory effects, quantum dynamics
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