2012/04/25 by D. Drakova, Drakova, D., G. Doyen +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1204.5606
arxiv created 2012/04/25 · arxiv updated 2012/04/26
A particle switching between two sides of a symmetric system in interaction with a continuum exhibits a telegraph-like time development without the need of the Born-Bohr principle of reduction on eigenstates of the measuring equipment. The origin of the telegraph signal is a very weak local coupling of the particle to the continuum which is connected with an enormous slow down of the particle motion. The proposed mechanism might serve as a useful simple model for studying decoherence effects due to coupling to the environment.