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A Closed-System Approach to Quantum Retrodiction in Open Systems

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Ban (Int. J. Theor. Phys. 46:184, 2007) has shown how retrodictive open systems evolution may be treated as unitary using non-equilibrium thermo field dynamics. Here we describe the application of another technique with the same purpose, Fano diagonalisation.

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Scroggie, A.J., Jeffers, J. A Closed-System Approach to Quantum Retrodiction in Open Systems. Int J Theor Phys 47, 1809–1816 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-007-9623-8

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