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The '''quantum jump method''', also known as the '''[[Monte Carlo method|Monte Carlo]] wave function (MCWF) method''', is a technique in [[computational physics]] used for simulating [[open quantum system]]s. The quantum jump method was developed by [[Jean Dalibard|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, [[Peter Zoller|Zoller]] and [[Helmut Ritsch|Ritsch]] and Hegerfeldt and Wilser.<ref name=MCD1993 /><ref name=PrimaryPapers>The associated primary sources are, respectively:

* {{cite journal|last=Dalibard|first=Jean|coauthorsauthor2=Castin, Yvan; |author3=Mølmer, Klaus |title=Wave-function approach to dissipative processes in quantum optics|journal=Physical Review Letters|date=February 1992|volume=68|issue=5|pages=580–583|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.580|pmid=10045937|bibcode = 1992PhRvL..68..580D }}

* {{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.|coauthorsauthor2=Zoller, P.; |author3=Ritsch, H. |title=Monte Carlo simulation of the atomic master equation for spontaneous emission|journal=Physical Review A|year=1992|volume=45|issue=7|pages=4879–4887|doi=10.1103/PhysRevA.45.4879|pmid=9907570|bibcode = 1992PhRvA..45.4879D }}

* {{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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