W*-Dynamics of Infinite Dissipative Quantum Systems

We formulate the dynamics of an infinitely extended open dissipative quantum system, {\Sigma],in the Schroedinger picture.The generic model on which this is based comprises a C*-algebra,[\cal A},of observables, a folium, ${\cal F}$,ofstatesonthisalgebraandaoneparametersemigroup,${\tau}$, of linear transformations of $\mathcal{F}$ that represents its dynamics and is given by a natural infinite volume limit of the corresponding semigroup for a finite system. On this basis, we establish that the dynamic of $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ is given by a one parameter semigroup of completely positive transformations of the W*-star algebra dual to $\mathcal{F}$. This result serves to extend our earlier formulation [1[ of infinitely extended conservative systems to open dissipative ones.