Decoherence bypass of macroscopic superpositions in quantum measurement

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/7/072002zbMATH Open1192.81041arXiv0709.0469OpenAlexW2038209303MaRDI QIDQ5454295FDOQ5454295

Authors: Dominique Spehner, Fritz Haake 

Publication date: 28 March 2008

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a class of quantum measurement models. A microscopic object is entangled with a macroscopic pointer such that a distinct pointer position is tied to each eigenvalue of the measured object observable. Those different pointer positions mutually decohere under the influence of an environment. Overcoming limitations of previous approaches we (i) cope with initial correlations between pointer and environment by considering them initially in a metastable local thermal equilibrium, (ii) allow for object-pointer entanglement and environment-induced decoherence of distinct pointer readouts to proceed simultaneously, such that mixtures of macroscopically distinct object-pointer product states arise without intervening macroscopic superpositions, and (iii) go beyond the Markovian treatment of decoherence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.0469

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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