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Decoherence and Irreversibility: the role of the reservoir effective Hilbert space size

2008/09/08 by Adélcio C. Oliveira, Adelcio C. Oliveira, Oliveira, Adelcio C. +3
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Random lasers and scattering media #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0809.1446

arxiv created 2008/09/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We show that decoherence is determined by the effective Hilbert space size, and demonstrate that a few degrees of freedom system can simulate a "N" degrees of freedom environment if they have the same effective Hilbert space. The effective Hilbert space size of the environment also determines its long time efficiency as generator of irreversible coherence loss.

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