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Decoherence: Concepts and Examples

Claus Kiefer, Erich Joos

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9803052

Abstract

We give a pedagogical introduction to the process of decoherence - the irreversible emergence of classical properties through interaction with the environment. After discussing the general concepts, we present the following examples: Localisation of objects, quantum Zeno effect, classicality of fields and charges in QED, and decoherence in gravity theory. We finally emphasise the important interpretational features of decoherence.

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