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Measurement, Decoherence and Chaos in Quantum Pinball

Quantum Physics 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

The effect of introducing measuring devices in a ``quantum pinball'' system is shown to lead to a chaotic evolution for the particle position as defined in Bohm's approach to Quantum Mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9506027,
  title  = {Measurement, Decoherence and Chaos in Quantum Pinball},
  author = {C. Dewdney and Z Malik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9506027},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, uses ioplppt style, two figures. Also can be ftp'd anonymously from: ftp://zaphod.phys.port.ac.uk/pub/papers/paper2/

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