Introduction to decoherence theory
Quantum Physics
2008-11-13 v3
Abstract
This is an introduction to the theory of decoherence with an emphasis on its microscopic origins and on a dynamic description. The text corresponds to a chapter soon to be published in: A. Buchleitner, C. Viviescas, and M. Tiersch (Eds.), Entanglement and Decoherence. Foundations and Modern Trends, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol 768, Springer, Berlin (2009)
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0612118,
title = {Introduction to decoherence theory},
author = {Klaus Hornberger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0612118},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
57 pages, 2 figures; some new material added and typos corrected. This corresponds to the published version