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Semi-classical limit and minimum decoherence in the Conditional Probability Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-13 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The Conditional Probability Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics replaces the abstract notion of time used in standard Quantum Mechanics by the time that can be read off from a physical clock. The use of physical clocks leads to apparent non-unitary and decoherence. Here we show that a close approximation to standard Quantum Mechanics can be recovered from conditional Quantum Mechanics for semi-classical clocks, and we use these clocks to compute the minimum decoherence predicted by the Conditional Probability Interpretation.

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@article{arxiv.0811.2814,
  title  = {Semi-classical limit and minimum decoherence in the Conditional Probability Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics},
  author = {Vincent Corbin and Neil J. Cornish},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2814},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, references added

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