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Decoherence in QED at finite temperature

Quantum Physics 2009-11-06 v1

Abstract

We consider a wave packet of a charged particle passing through a cavity filled with photons at temperature T and investigate its localization and interference properties. It is shown that the wave packet becomes localized and the interference disappears with an exponential speed after a sufficiently long path through the cavity.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0001086,
  title  = {Decoherence in QED at finite temperature},
  author = {Z. Haba},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0001086},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 10 pages