Decoherence, chaos, quantum-classical correspondence, and the algorithmic arrow of time

Physica Scripta T

Volumn 76, Issue , 1998, Pages 186-198

  Zurek, Wojciech H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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