Decoherence as phase diffusion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 063803-063801

  Milman, Pérola ^a   Castin, Yvan ^b   Davidovich, Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

MACROSCOPICITY; PHASE DIFFUSION; QUANTUM CLASSICAL TRANSITION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0033725845     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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