%0 Journal Article %T On the weak-coupling limit and complete positivity %A F. Benatti %A R. Floreanini %J Physics %D 2000 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/S0960-0779(01)00078-9 %X We consider two non-interacting systems embedded in a heat bath. If they remain dynamically independent, physical inconsistencies are avoided only if the single-system reduced dynamics is completely positive also beyond the weak-coupling limit. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0002062v1