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Decoherence and infrared divergence

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-07 v1 math.MP

Abstract

The dynamics of a particle which is linearly coupled to a boson field is investigated. The boson field induces superselection rules for the momentum of the particle, if the field is infrared divergent. Thereby the Hamiltonian of the total system remains bounded from below.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0209010,
  title  = {Decoherence and infrared divergence},
  author = {Joachim Kupsch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0209010},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages