Decoherence induced by a composite environment

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Lombardo, Fernando C ^a   Villar, Paula I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE ENVIRONMENT; COMPOSITE QUANTUM SYSTEM; DECOHERENCE; HUGE RESERVOIR;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); THERMAL EFFECTS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 28844446963     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.034103     Document Type: Article

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