Dissipative dynamics in particle physics

Introduction......Page 9
States, observables and dynamical maps......Page 13
Positivity and Complete Positivity......Page 17
Reduced dynamics: the Generalized Master Equation......Page 20
The Markovian approximation. The Weak Coupling Limit......Page 25
Quantum Dynamical Semigroups......Page 27
Factorized dynamics of quantum dynamical semigroups......Page 31
The stochastic approach......Page 33
Entropy and long time behavior in open quantum systems......Page 36
Evolution of states......Page 39
Positivity and Complete Positivity......Page 42
Positivity and CP for entropy increasing evolutions......Page 44
Perturbative expansion......Page 45
The physics of B mesons......Page 51
The gravitational bath......Page 54
The dissipative evolution......Page 55
Invariance properties......Page 57
Observables......Page 59
Decay rates for a single B meson......Page 61
Asymmetries for a single B meson......Page 62
Decay rates for entangled B meson......Page 65
Asymmetries for entangled B meson......Page 67
Discussion and conclusions......Page 70
Neutrinos......Page 73
The physics of neutrinos in vacuum......Page 74
The model of interaction......Page 76
The Markovian approximation......Page 78
The generator of the dissipative evolution......Page 81
An example of flavor changing dissipative evolution......Page 85
The solar matter case......Page 87
Discussion and conclusions......Page 88
Neutron interferometry......Page 91
The physical apparatus......Page 92
The stochastic thermal bath......Page 95
Three different stochastic backgrounds......Page 98
Diagonal covariance matrix......Page 99
Single component field correlation......Page 100
Positivity and complete positivity......Page 101
Noncontextuality: the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality......Page 103
White noise......Page 105
Single component field correlation......Page 106
Discussion and conclusions......Page 107
Dissipative parameters in the eigenstates basis......Page 111
Expressions of the time evolutors......Page 115
Semileptonic decays......Page 117
Decay in a CP eigenstate f......Page 118
Dissipative parameters in the neutrino case......Page 121
Frequencies of counts......Page 123
Bibliography......Page 125