Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 715-775

  Zurek, Wojciech Hubert ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.75.715     Document Type: Article

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