1999/08/02 by Erich Joos, Joos, Erich · 2 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #History and advancements in chemistry #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9908008
Latex, 16 pages. To be published in the proceedings of the Bielefeld conference on ``Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems", edited by P. Blanchard, D. Giulini, E. Joos, C. Kiefer, and I.-O. Stamatescu (Springer 1999)
arxiv created 1999/08/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
In this contribution I give a brief introduction to the essential concepts and mechanisms of decoherence by the environment. The emphasis will be not so much on technical details but rather on conceptual issues and the impact on the interpretation problem of quantum theory.