Semi-classical limit and minimum decoherence in the conditional probability interpretation of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9298-5zbMATH Open1175.81006arXiv0811.2814OpenAlexW2087713207MaRDI QIDQ735180FDOQ735180

Authors: Vincent Corbin, Neil J. Cornish 

Publication date: 21 October 2009

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Conditional Probability Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics replaces the abstract notion of time used in standard Quantum Mechanics by the time that can be read off from a physical clock. The use of physical clocks leads to apparent non-unitary and decoherence. Here we show that a close approximation to standard Quantum Mechanics can be recovered from conditional Quantum Mechanics for semi-classical clocks, and we use these clocks to compute the minimum decoherence predicted by the Conditional Probability Interpretation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2814

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityquantum mechanicsdecoherence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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