Einselection and decoherence from an information theory perspective

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 9, Issue 11-12, 2000, Pages 855-864

  Zurek, W H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

DECOHERENCE; ENVIRONMENT INDUCED SUPERSELECTION; QUANTUM MEASUREMENTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034427967     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3889(200011)9:11/12<855::AID-ANDP855>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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