Driven-Dissipative Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Information".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2026 | Viewed by 84
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Interests: non-equilibrium dynamics; driven-dissipative systems; ultracold quantum matter; Bose–Einstein condensates; classical and quantum chaos; localization and thermalization in interacting systems
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Interests: non-equilibrium phenomena; dynamical systems; statistical mechanics; exactly solvable models
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Dear Colleagues,
Open quantum systems are ubiquitous in nature, as no physical system can be completely isolated from its surrounding environment. As a consequence, their dynamics go beyond the description of Schrödinger-like unitary time evolution, giving rise to a variety of nonequilibrium phenomena, including decoherence, dissipation, relaxation toward equilibrium, non-Markovian dynamics at low temperatures, and non-Hermitian phase transitions at the so-called exceptional points.
Ultracold atomic systems, as well as hybrid platforms involving light–matter interactions, have emerged as ideal experimental and theoretical settings for investigating these nonequilibrium processes in open quantum many-body systems. In such systems, dissipation may arise from several mechanisms, including atom-number loss, spontaneous atomic decay, and the coupling of atomic condensates to excited cavity modes.
Moreover, driven-dissipative dynamics can be explored by appropriately tuning system parameters. Dissipation in many-particle systems can give rise to a wide range of nonequilibrium phenomena, such as dephasing and decoherence of matter waves in Bose–Josephson junctions, nonequilibrium dynamics of ultracold Rydberg gases with spontaneous decay, dynamics of trapped ions, dissipative Dicke phase transitions induced by coupling condensates to cavity modes, possible realizations of spin-boson models, and photon Bose–Einstein condensation in dye-filled microcavities.
For this Special Issue of Entropy and Condensed Matter, entitled “Driven-Dissipative Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems,” we invite contributions that address various aspects of nonequilibrium physics in open quantum many-body systems. We welcome original research articles and reviews that explore fundamental as well as applied questions using theoretical, computational, or experimental approaches.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and to compiling a stimulating collection of articles addressing the rich physics of open quantum systems.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Condensed Matter.
Dr. Sayak Ray
Prof. Dr. Lamberto Rondoni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- open quantum systems
- many-body systems
- non-equilibrium dynamics
- driven-dissipative systems
- exceptional point
- Bose–Josephson junctions
- Bose–Einstein condensation
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