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The quantum jump method, also known as the [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo]] wave function method, is a technique in [[computational physics]] used for simulating [[open quantum system]]s. The quantum jump method was developed by Dalibard, Castin and Mølmer, with a very similar method also developed by Carmichael in the same time frame. Other contemporaneous works on wave-function-based [[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo]] approaches to open quantum systems include those of Dum, Zoller and Ritsch and Hegerfeldt and Wilser.<ref name=MCD1993 /><ref name=PrimaryPapers>The associated primary sources are, respectively:

* {{cite journal|last=DumDalibard|first=R.Jean|coauthors=ZollerCastin, P.Yvan; RitschMølmer, H.Klaus|title=MonteWave-function Carloapproach simulationto ofdissipative theprocesses atomicin masterquantum equation for spontaneous emissionoptics|journal=Physical Review ALetters|date=1992NaN undefined NaN|volume=4568|issue=75|pages=4879–4887580–583|doi=10.1103/PhysRevAPhysRevLett.4568.4879580}}

* {{cite journal |last1=Hegerfeldt |first1=G. C. |last2=Wilser |first2=T. S. |year=1992 |title=Classical and Quantum Systems |journal= Proceedings of the Second International Wigner Symposium |publisher=World Scientific}}

* {{cite journal|last=Dum|first=R.|coauthors=Zoller, P.; Ritsch, H.|title=Monte Carlo simulation of the atomic master equation for spontaneous emission|journal=Physical Review A|date=1992|volume=45|issue=7|pages=4879–4887|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.45.4879}}

* {{cite book |last=Carmichael |first=Howard |title=An Open Systems Approach to Quantum Optics |year=1993 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=9780387566344}}

* {{cite journal|last=DalibardDum|first=JeanR.|coauthors=CastinZoller, YvanP.; MølmerRitsch, KlausH.|title=Wave-functionMonte approachCarlo tosimulation dissipativeof processesthe inatomic quantummaster opticsequation for spontaneous emission|journal=Physical Review LettersA|date=NaN undefined NaN1992|volume=6845|issue=57|pages=580–5834879–4887|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLettPhysRevA.6845.5804879}}</ref>

* {{cite journal |last1=Hegerfeldt |first1=G. C. |last2=Wilser |first2=T. S. |year=1992 |title=Classical and Quantum Systems |journal= Proceedings of the Second International Wigner Symposium |publisher=World Scientific}}

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== Method ==