Theory of decoherence due to scattering events and L\'evy processes

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.95.230402arXivquant-ph/0510127WikidataQ62554259 ScholiaQ62554259MaRDI QIDQ6501935FDOQ6501935

Authors: Bassano Vacchini 

Abstract: A general connection between the characteristic function of a L'evy process and loss of coherence of the statistical operator describing the center of mass degrees of freedom of a quantum system interacting through momentum transfer events with an environment is established. The relationship with microphysical models and recent experiments is considered, focusing on the recently observed transition between a dynamics described by a compound Poisson process and a Gaussian process.

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