Quantum limit of decoherence: Environment induced superselection of energy eigenstates

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作者
Paz, JP
Zurek, WH
机构
[1] Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, Dept Fis JJ Giambiagi, RA-1428 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina
[2] Univ Calif Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5181
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We investigate decoherence in the limit where the interaction with the environment is weak and the evolution is dominated by the self-Hamiltonian of the system. We show that in this case quantized eigenstates of energy emerge as pointer states selected through the predictability sieve.
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页码:5181 / 5185
页数:5
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