Non-equilibrium master equations

Lecture course in winter semester 2014/2015 (3 credit points)

Lecturer:
Dr. Gernot Schaller, Technical University Berlin

Period:
January 5th - February 12th, 2015

Day, time, and place:
Monday, 10.15 - 11.45 h, ER 164  (TU Berlin, ER-building)
Thursday, 10.15 - 11.45 h, ER 164  (TU Berlin, ER-building)
weekly

First lecture:
Monday, January 5th, 2015

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

Exercises:
The lecture notes (see below) contain exercises. To pass the course, you have to solve 50% of all exercises correctly. Solutions can be handed in at the beginning of the next lecture latest.

Material:
Here you find the script of the lecture course (click on "Teaching" in the menu)