Quantum Backreaction on "Classical" Variables

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.74.621MaRDI QIDQ4492337zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Arlen Anderson

Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9406182

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization (81S99) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: A mathematically consistent procedure for coupling quasiclassical and quantum variables through coupled Hamilton-Heisenberg equations of motion is derived from a variational principle. During evolution, the quasiclassical variables become entangled with the quantum variables with the result that the value of the quasiclassical variables depends on the quantum state. This provides a formalism to compute the backreaction of any quantum system on a quasiclassical one. In particular, it leads to a natural candidate for a theory of gravity coupled to quantized matter in which the gravitational field is not quantized.

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• Classical-quantum limits
• The non-negativity of probabilities and the collapse of state
• Decoherence and the conditions for the classical control of quantum systems
• Coupling Classical and Quantum Variables using Continuous Quantum Measurement Theory
• Consistent classical and quantum mixed dynamics
• Koopman wavefunctions and classical-quantum correlation dynamics
• Understanding quantum measurement from the solution of dynamical models

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