Quantum limit of decoherence: Environment induced superselection of energy eigenstates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 26, 1999, Pages 5181-5185

  Juan, Juan Pablo ^a   Wojciech, Wojciech Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 3543105883     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.5181     Document Type: Article

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