On the Definition of Decoherence
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We examine the relationship between the decoherence of quantummechanical histories of a closed system (as discussed by Gell-Mann and Hartle) and environmentally-induced diagonalization of the density operator for an open system. We study a definition of decoherence which incorporates both of these ideas, and show that it leads to a consistent probabilistic interpretation of the reduced density operator. Participating Guest, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory e-mail: [email protected]
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