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The Meaning of Decoherence*

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Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems

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The conceptual and dynamical aspects of decoherence are analyzed, while their consequences on several fundamental applications are discussed. This mechanism, which is based on a universal Schrodinger equation, is furthermore compared with the phenomenological description of open systems by means of ‘quantum dynamical maps’.

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Zeh, H.D. (2000). The Meaning of Decoherence* . In: Blanchard, P., Joos, E., Giulini, D., Kiefer, C., Stamatescu, IO. (eds) Decoherence: Theoretical, Experimental, and Conceptual Problems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 538. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46657-6_2

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