Decoherence, chaos, and the correspondence principle
Decoherence, chaos, and the correspondence principle
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.80.4361
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发表时间:
1998-05-18
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Zurek, WH
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作者:
Habib, S;Shizume, K;Zurek, WH
We present evidence that decoherence can produce a smooth quantum-to-classical transition in nonlinear dynamical systems. High-resolution tracking of quantum and classical evolutions reveals differences in expectation values of corresponding observables. Solutions of master equations demonstrate that decoherence destroys quantum interference in Wigner distributions and washes out fine structure in classical distributions, bringing the two closer together. Correspondence between quantum and classical expectation values is also reestablished.