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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)

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@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