General theory of the decoherence effect in quantum mechanics

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 3383-3394

  Omnès, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0000909972     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.3383     Document Type: Article

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