Quantum jumps as decoherent histories
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atom-phgr-qc
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quantumdecoherenthistoriesjumpsmasterarguecloselycommon
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Quantum open systems are described in the Markovian limit by master equations in Lindblad form. I argue that common ``quantum jumps'' techniques, which solve the master equation by unraveling its evolution into stochastic trajectories in Hilbert space, correspond closely to a particular set of decoherent histories. This is illustrated by a simple model of a photon counting experiment.
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