1994/02/02 by Juan Pablo Paz, Paz, Juan Pablo
Computer Science · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9402007
14 Pages, 2 Figures available upon request, Preprint LA-UR-92-878, to appear in ``The Physical Origins of Time Asymmetry'' ed by J.J. Halliwell et al., Cambridge Univ. Press
arxiv created 1994/02/02 · openalex publication_date 1994/02/02 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We examine the dependence of decoherence on the spectral density of the environment as well as on the initial state of the system. We use two simple examples to illustrate some important effects. The simplest derivation of the general form of the master equation for a general quantum Brownian motion is outlined in an Appendix.