Decoherence from a chaotic environment: An upside-down "oscillator" as a model

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Blume Kohout, Robin ^a   Zurek, Wojciech H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHAOS THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

QUANTUM BROWNIAN MOTION; QUANTUM CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT; QUANTUM COHERENCE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0242442591     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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