`Einselection' of pointer observables: the new H-theorem?

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.06.004zbMath1301.82003arXiv1406.4126OpenAlexW2963392263WikidataQ55953464 ScholiaQ55953464MaRDI QIDQ476062

Ruth E. Kastner

Publication date: 27 November 2014

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.4126

zbMATH Keywords

decoherenceirreversibilityH-theoremEverett interpretationeinselectionquantum darwinism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Stochastic methods applied to problems in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B31) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Physics (00A79) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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