Decoherence, Chaos, and the Correspondence Principle

Salman Habib, Kosuke Shizume, and Wojciech Hubert Zurek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 4361 – Published 18 May 1998
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Abstract

We present evidence that decoherence can produce a smooth quantum-to-classical transition in nonlinear dynamical systems. High-resolution tracking of quantum and classical evolutions reveals differences in expectation values of corresponding observables. Solutions of master equations demonstrate that decoherence destroys quantum interference in Wigner distributions and washes out fine structure in classical distributions, bringing the two closer together. Correspondence between quantum and classical expectation values is also reestablished.

  • Received 10 November 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.4361

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Salman Habib1,*, Kosuke Shizume2,3,†, and Wojciech Hubert Zurek3,‡

  • 1T-8, Theoretical Division, MS B285, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
  • 2University of Library and Information Science, 1-2 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan
  • 3T-6, Theoretical Division, MS B288, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

  • *Electronic address: habib@lanl.gov
  • Electronic address: shizume@ulis.ac.jp
  • Electronic address: whz@lanl.gov

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Vol. 80, Iss. 20 — 18 May 1998

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