Decoherence in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2010.12.014zbMath1219.81172arXiv1012.3701OpenAlexW2144101278MaRDI QIDQ549168

Michael G. Schmidt, Tomislav Prokopec, Jurjen F. Koksma

Publication date: 7 July 2011

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3701

zbMATH Keywords

entropydecoherencequantum field theoryquantum mechanicscorrelators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Thermal quantum field theory (81T28)

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