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Title: Decoherence in infinite quantum systems

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4746056· OSTI ID:22069194
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  1. Faculty of Physics, University of Bielefeld, Universitaetsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld (Germany)

We review and discuss a notion of decoherence formulated in the algebraic framework of quantum physics. Besides presenting some sufficient conditions for the appearance of decoherence in the case of Markovian time evolutions we provide an overview over possible decoherence scenarios. The framework for decoherence we establish is sufficiently general to accommodate quantum systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom.

OSTI ID:
22069194
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1469, Issue 1; Conference: QUANTUM AFRICA 2010: Conference on theoretical and experimental foundations of recent quantum technology, Umhlanga (South Africa), 20-23 Sep 2010; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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