Einselection and decoherence from an information theory perspective
By Wojciech H. Zurek. Annals of Physics, 2000
266 citations recorded by the source corpus.
We introduce and investigate a simple model of conditional quantum dynamics. It allows for a discussion of the information‐theoretic aspects of quantum measurements, decoherence, and environment‐induced superselection (einselection).
Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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In Artificial Intelligence
- Maximilian Schlosshauer
- Kavan Modi
- Vlatko Vedral
- Tomasz Paterek
- H. Cable
- Aharon Brodutch
- Wojciech H. Zurek
- A. Polkovnikov
In Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Maximilian Schlosshauer
- Kavan Modi
- Vlatko Vedral
- Tomasz Paterek
- H. Cable
- Aharon Brodutch
- Wojciech H. Zurek
- N. P. Landsman
Citations in the corpus
- Decoherence, the measurement problem, and interpretations of quantum mechanics (2003, background): “…perturbing it (cf. also the related recent ideas of “quantum Darwinism” and the role of the environment as a “witness,” see Ollivier et al., 2003; Zurek, 2000, 2003b, 2004b).16 Zurek emphasizes the importance of stable records for observers, i.e., robust correlations between the…”
- The classical-quantum boundary for correlations: Discord and related measures (2011, methodology): “Most prominent of these are: the role of correlations in measurement and decoherence (Coles, 2012; Streltsov et al., 2011b; Zurek, 2000, 2003a; Zwolak et al., 2010); and the role of correlations in thermodynamics regarding the difference between local and nonlocal operations(Brodutch and Terno,…”
- Decoherence, einselection, and the quantum origins of the classical (2001, background): “Equation (3.17) has important implications for decoherence, as the size of the smallest structures controls sensitivity of the chaotic system as well as of the chaotic environment (Zurek, 2000a; Karkuszewski, Jarzynski, and Zurek, 2001).”
- Quantum Darwinism (2009, result): “These results confirm intuitions that originally motivated Quantum Darwinism [4, 17]: Monitoring of the system by the environment can deposit multiple records of preferred states of S in E .”