Equation 1 · The Entry a Relabeling Cannot Write
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Symbol H_f
is part of the quantity the equation computes from the expression on the right.
Symbol H_S
is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
Symbol H_B
is an input to the expression that computes the quantity on the left.
=
The expressions on both sides represent the same quantity under the stated assumptions.
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The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
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Start with the setting the open-quantum-systems literature calls a fine description: a Hilbert space = holding a system S and everything else, B , that a working physicist has decided not to track in detail — a resonant bath, an environment, a set of nuclear spins, whatever “everything else” means for the apparatus at hand. The fine Hamiltonian is
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