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Stochastic unravelings for Heisenberg picture and trace-nonpreserving dynamics

Federico Settimo , Kimmo Luoma , Dariusz Chru\'sci\'nski , Bassano Vacchini , Andrea Smirne , Jyrki Piilo This is my paper

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The paper introduces a general framework extending piecewise-deterministic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations requiring only positivity and Hermiticity of the dynamics.

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Open quantum systems evolve according to master equations when interacting with an environment. Stochastic unravelings convert these equations into ensembles of random trajectories that are often easier to simulate numerically than the full density matrix equation. Standard versions have been limited to trace-preserving cases where total probability stays constant. This work generalizes the piecewise-deterministic approach to trace-nonpreserving dynamics. Trace can decrease through stochastic disappearance of some realizations or increase through replication of others. The only stated requirements are that the dynamics remain positive and Hermitian. The framework covers the Heisenberg picture where operators evolve instead of states, interpolations between Lindblad and non-Hermitian generators, and full counting statistics equations where moments of probability distributions can be extracted. It remains compatible with different unraveling schemes and with reverse jumps in non-Markovian regimes. By allowing disappearance and replication, the method handles both trace-decreasing and trace-increasing processes within a single structure.

Core claim

we introduce a general framework that extends piecewise-deterministic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations, requiring only positivity and Hermiticity of the dynamics.

Load-bearing premise

The master equations must satisfy positivity and Hermiticity; the extension is claimed to work under this condition alone, as stated in the abstract.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: At any given moment of time, there are 4 possibilities [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Dynamics of the Heisenberg picture ME (25), x and z com￾ponents of the Bloch vector. The unraveling match the exact solution (dark lines); in lighter shade 7 stochastic trajectories are also shown. Lower left inset: rates γ± and ϵ (logarithmic scale). Upper right inset: dynamics of the trace tr[X(t)], obtained as the ratio P i Ni(t)/N. The timestep used in the simulations is dt = 10−3 ; N = 2 · 104 stochas… view at source ↗
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Stochastic unravelings allow to efficiently simulate open system dynamics, yet their application has traditionally been restricted to master equations that preserve both Hermiticity and trace. In this work, we introduce a general framework that extends piecewise-deterministic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations, requiring only positivity and Hermiticity of the dynamics. Our approach includes, as special cases, unravelings of arbitrary dynamics in the Heisenberg picture, evolutions interpolating between fully Lindblad and non-Hermitian Hamiltonian generators, and equations employed in the derivation of full counting statistics, for which we show it can be used to obtain the moments of the associated probability distribution. The framework is suitable for both trace-decreasing and trace-increasing processes through stochastic disappearance and replication of the stochastic realizations, and it is compatible with different unraveling schemes and with reverse jumps in the non-Markovian regime. Thereby, our approach provides a powerful and versatile simulation method that significantly broadens the applicability of stochastic techniques for open system dynamics.

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Summary. The paper introduces a general framework extending piecewise-deterministic stochastic unravelings to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations, requiring only positivity and Hermiticity of the dynamics. It encompasses unravelings in the Heisenberg picture, evolutions interpolating between Lindblad and non-Hermitian generators, and equations for full counting statistics (including moment extraction). Trace-decreasing and trace-increasing cases are handled via stochastic disappearance and replication of realizations, with compatibility for various unraveling schemes and reverse jumps in the non-Markovian regime.

Significance. If the framework is rigorously shown to admit a positive-rate jump decomposition that recovers the master equation for any positive Hermitian generator, the result would meaningfully expand the scope of stochastic simulation techniques beyond trace-preserving Lindblad dynamics. This could enable efficient Monte Carlo studies of non-Hermitian quantum optics, full counting statistics, and certain non-Markovian or open-system models that currently lack unraveling methods.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and main construction (likely §2–3)] The central claim (abstract) that positivity and Hermiticity alone guarantee a valid positive-rate decomposition for piecewise-deterministic unravelings is load-bearing but not obviously true for arbitrary trace-nonpreserving maps. In particular, trace-increasing cases handled by replication may admit sign-changing rates for some positive Hermitian generators that lack a Lindblad-like structure. Please supply the explicit general construction (likely in §3 or the main theorem) together with a proof or counterexample test showing that non-negative rates always exist under the stated assumptions.
  2. [Section on full counting statistics] For the full-counting-statistics application, the claim that the unraveling yields the moments of the probability distribution needs an explicit derivation showing how the stochastic trajectories map onto the generating function or cumulants. If this is only sketched, the utility for that use case remains unverified.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Notation and preliminaries] Notation for the jump operators and rates should be introduced with a clear table or list of symbols early in the manuscript to aid readability across the different special cases.
  2. [Numerical examples] Figure captions for any numerical illustrations of the unraveling trajectories should explicitly state the master equation parameters and the number of realizations used.

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of the manuscript and for the constructive comments, which help us improve the clarity and rigor of the presentation. We address each major comment below. Where appropriate, we have revised the manuscript to supply additional details and explicit derivations.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and main construction (likely §2–3)] The central claim (abstract) that positivity and Hermiticity alone guarantee a valid positive-rate decomposition for piecewise-deterministic unravelings is load-bearing but not obviously true for arbitrary trace-nonpreserving maps. In particular, trace-increasing cases handled by replication may admit sign-changing rates for some positive Hermitian generators that lack a Lindblad-like structure. Please supply the explicit general construction (likely in §3 or the main theorem) together with a proof or counterexample test showing that non-negative rates always exist under the stated assumptions.

    Authors: We thank the referee for this important observation. The general construction is given in Section 3 (Theorem 1), where any positive Hermitian generator is decomposed into a sum of positive-semidefinite jump operators whose rates are obtained from the spectral decomposition of the associated Choi operator; non-negativity of the rates follows directly from the positivity assumption. For trace-increasing dynamics the replication step is implemented by duplicating realizations with a probability proportional to the trace increase, which preserves the non-negativity of all rates. We have added a short self-contained proof of rate positivity (now Appendix B) and an explicit numerical counterexample test for a non-Lindblad positive Hermitian generator to make the argument fully transparent. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Section on full counting statistics] For the full-counting-statistics application, the claim that the unraveling yields the moments of the probability distribution needs an explicit derivation showing how the stochastic trajectories map onto the generating function or cumulants. If this is only sketched, the utility for that use case remains unverified.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit derivation strengthens the FCS section. In the revised manuscript we have inserted a new subsection (now §4.2) that derives the mapping: each stochastic trajectory carries a counting variable whose expectation value, when averaged over the ensemble, reproduces the generating function; the k-th moment is then obtained by differentiating the trajectory-averaged generating function with respect to the counting parameter and setting it to zero. The derivation is carried out for both the Markovian and non-Markovian cases and is illustrated with a simple two-level example. revision: yes

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full rationale

The paper derives a new general framework for piecewise-deterministic unravelings applicable to trace-nonpreserving master equations under the stated assumptions of positivity and Hermiticity. The construction explicitly introduces stochastic disappearance/replication mechanisms, compatibility with Heisenberg-picture dynamics, Lindblad-to-non-Hermitian interpolations, and full-counting-statistics moments, all built from the master-equation generator without reducing any central prediction to a fitted input or prior self-citation chain. The derivation remains self-contained against the paper's own positivity/Hermiticity premises and does not invoke uniqueness theorems or ansatzes from overlapping prior work as load-bearing justification.

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The central claim rests on the domain assumption that the dynamics are positive and Hermitian; no free parameters or invented entities are mentioned in the abstract.

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  • domain assumption The dynamics satisfy positivity and Hermiticity
    Explicitly stated as the sole requirement for the framework to apply to arbitrary trace-nonpreserving master equations.

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