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On superselection rules for macroscopic objects

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v5

Abstract

It is shown that for "ideal" macroscopic objects there are superselection rules forbidding superpositions of macroscopically distinguishable states of the objects. For real macroscopic bodies the notion of "weak" superselection rules is introduced. Some other aspects of the measurement problem are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0406220,
  title  = {On superselection rules for macroscopic objects},
  author = {Lev Prokhorov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0406220},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages, minor changes