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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=Dalibard|first=Jean|coauthors=Castin, Yvan; Mølmer, Klaus|title=Wave-function approach to dissipative processes in quantum optics|journal=Physical Review Letters|date=NaNFebruary undefined NaN1992|volume=68|issue=5|pages=580–583|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.580}}

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

* {{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}}