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The aim of the first part of these lecture notes is to give a concise and self-contained introduction into a mathematically sound theory of quantum Markovian master equations. The text is intended for those who are interested in practical applications and are not experts in mathematical physics. Therefore the original proofs are highly simplified or replaced by heuristic ones. However, the final results are always consistent with the rigorous mathematical theory.
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Alicki, R. (2007). General Theory and Applications to Unstable Particles. In: Quantum Dynamical Semigroups and Applications. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 717. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-70861-8_1
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