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Relational time for systems of oscillators

G. J. Milburn, David Poulin

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0505175

Abstract

Using an elementary example based on two simple harmonic oscillators, we show how a relational time may be defined that leads to an approximate Schrodinger dynamics for subsystems, with corrections leading to an intrinsic decoherence in the energy eigenstates of the subsystem.

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