TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergence of classicality via decoherence described by Lindblad operators
AU - Gallis, Michael R.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Zurek, Habib, and Paz [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1187 (1993)] have characterized the set of states of maximal stability defined as the set of states having minimum entropy increase due to interaction with an environment and shown that coherent states are maximal for the particular environment model examined. To generalize these results, I consider entropy production within the Lindblad theory of open systems, treating environment effects perturbatively. I characterize the maximally predicitive states that emerge from several forms of effective dynamics, including decoherence from spatially correlated noise. Under a variety of conditions, coherent states emerge as the maximal states.
AB - Zurek, Habib, and Paz [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1187 (1993)] have characterized the set of states of maximal stability defined as the set of states having minimum entropy increase due to interaction with an environment and shown that coherent states are maximal for the particular environment model examined. To generalize these results, I consider entropy production within the Lindblad theory of open systems, treating environment effects perturbatively. I characterize the maximally predicitive states that emerge from several forms of effective dynamics, including decoherence from spatially correlated noise. Under a variety of conditions, coherent states emerge as the maximal states.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.655
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.655
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001468079
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 53
SP - 655
EP - 660
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 2
ER -