Abstract
An open quantum system in contact with an infinite bath approaches equilibrium, while the state of the bath remains unchanged. If the bath is finite, the open system still relaxes to equilibrium but it induces a dynamical evolution of the bath state. In this paper, we study the dynamics of open quantum systems in contact with finite baths. We obtain a hierarchy of master equationsthat improve their accuracy by including more dynamical information of the bath. For instance, as the least accurate but simplest description in the hierarchy, we obtain the conventional Born-Markov-secular master equation. Remarkably, our framework works even if the measurements of the bath energy are imperfect, which not only is more realistic but also unifies the theoretical description. Also, we discuss this formalism in detail for a particular noninteracting environment where the Boltzmann temperature and the Kubo-Martin-Schwinger relation naturally arise. Finally, we apply our hierarchy of master equationsto study the central spin model.
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