Non-equilibrium master equations

Lecture course in winter semester 2011/2012 (3 credit points)

Lecturer:
Dr. Gernot Schaller, Technical University Berlin

Period:
October 24, 2011 - February 13, 2012

Day, time, and place:
Monday, 16.15 - 17.45 h, ER 164  (TU Berlin, ER-building)
weekly

First lecture:
Monday, October 24, 2011

Keywords:

• microscopic derivations of quantum master equations
• structural properties (Lindblad form, detailed balance, fluctuation theorems)
• conditional master equations (transport and full counting statistics)
• solution methods
• effective master equation under feedback
• applications (decoherence, growth models, chemical reactions)

Here you find the script of the lecture course [2]