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The classical limit for quantum dynamical semigroups

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We describe a class of single-particle quantum-mechanical dynamical semigroups which, in the classical limit, give rise to Markov semigroups on phase space.

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Davies, E.B. The classical limit for quantum dynamical semigroups. Commun.Math. Phys. 49, 113–129 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01608736

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