Introduction to Decoherence Theory

2006/12/31 by Klaus Hornberger · 3 citations
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published as K. Hornberger, Lect. Notes Phys. 768, 221-276 (2009) · 57 pages, 2 figures; some new material added and typos corrected. This corresponds to the published version

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Abstract

This is an introduction to the theory of decoherence with an emphasis on its microscopic origins and on a dynamic description. The text corresponds to a chapter soon to be published in: A. Buchleitner, C. Viviescas, and M. Tiersch (Eds.), Entanglement and Decoherence. Foundations and Modern Trends, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol 768, Springer, Berlin (2009)

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