The quantum-to-classical transition and decoherence
Quantum Physics
2019-11-22 v2
Abstract
I give a pedagogical overview of decoherence and its role in providing a dynamical account of the quantum-to-classical transition. The formalism and concepts of decoherence theory are reviewed, followed by a survey of master equations and decoherence models. I also discuss methods for mitigating decoherence in quantum information processing and describe selected experimental investigations of decoherence processes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.2635,
title = {The quantum-to-classical transition and decoherence},
author = {Maximilian Schlosshauer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2635},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
22 pages, 3 figures. v2: comment added regarding complete positivity of Lindblad evolution. Please see my arXiv:1911.06282 [quant-ph] (published as Phys. Rep. 831, 1-57, 2019) for a much more extensive and up-to-date review of decoherence