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Universal Decoherence in Solids

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

Symmetry implications for the decoherence of quantum oscillations of a two-state system in a solid are studied. When the oscillation frequency is small compared to the Debye frequency, the universal lower bound on the decoherence due to the atomic environment is derived in terms of the macroscopic parameters of the solid, with no unknown interaction constants.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0403698,
  title  = {Universal Decoherence in Solids},
  author = {Eugene M. Chudnovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0403698},
  year   = {2007}
}

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