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In physics, an open quantum system is a quantum system which is found to be in interaction with an external quantum system, the environment. The open quantum system can be viewed as a distinguished part of a larger closed quantum system, the other part being the environment.

Open quantum systems are an important concept in quantum optics, measurement theory, quantum statistical mechanics, quantum cosmology and semiclassical approximations.

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