DECOHERENCE AND THE TRANSITION FROM QUANTUM TO CLASSICAL

被引:1887
作者
ZUREK, WH [1 ]
机构
[1] SANTA FE INST,SANTA FE,NM
关键词
D O I
10.1063/1.881293
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The environment surrounding a quantum system can, in effect, monitor some of the system's observables. As a result, the eigenstates of those observables continuously decohere and can behave like classical states. © 1976, American Association of Physics Teachers.
引用
收藏
页码:36 / 44
页数:9
相关论文
共 41 条
[11]   ON THE MEASUREMENT OF A WEAK CLASSICAL FORCE COUPLED TO A QUANTUM-MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR .1. ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE [J].
CAVES, CM ;
THORNE, KS ;
DREVER, RWP ;
SANDBERG, VD ;
ZIMMERMANN, M .
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 1980, 52 (02) :341-392
[12]   CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM-MECHANICS OF THE DAMPED HARMONIC-OSCILLATOR [J].
DEKKER, H .
PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS, 1981, 80 (01) :1-112
[13]  
DeWitt Bryce S., 1973, MANY WORLDS INTERPRE
[14]   Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete? [J].
Einstein, A ;
Podolsky, B ;
Rosen, N .
PHYSICAL REVIEW, 1935, 47 (10) :0777-0780
[15]   RELATIVE STATE FORMULATION OF QUANTUM MECHANICS [J].
EVERETT, H .
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS, 1957, 29 (03) :454-462
[16]   THE THEORY OF A GENERAL QUANTUM SYSTEM INTERACTING WITH A LINEAR DISSIPATIVE SYSTEM [J].
FEYNMAN, RP ;
VERNON, FL .
ANNALS OF PHYSICS, 1963, 24 (01) :118-173
[17]  
Gell-Mann M, 1990, COMPLEXITY ENTROPY P
[18]   CONSISTENT HISTORIES AND THE INTERPRETATION OF QUANTUM-MECHANICS [J].
GRIFFITHS, RB .
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS, 1984, 36 (1-2) :219-272
[19]  
HAAKE F, 1986, QUANTUM OPTICS, V4, P181
[20]   DECOHERENCE IN QUANTUM COSMOLOGY [J].
HALLIWELL, JJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1989, 39 (10) :2912-2923