Quantum Darwinism

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Zurek, Wojciech Hubert ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL ROBUSTNESS; DARWINISMS; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SINGLE QUANTUM;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 61849172301     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1202     Document Type: Article

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