arXiv:1006.3123

Distinguishability and Chiral Stability: Effects of Decoherence and Intermolecular Interactions

Heekyung Han, David M. Wardlaw

Published Jun 16, 2010• 0 citations

Abstract

We examine the effect of decoherence and intermolecular interactions (chiral discrimination energies) on the chiral stability and the distinguishability of initially pure versus mixed states in an open chiral system. Under a two-level approximation for a system, intermolecular interactions are introduced by a mean-field theory, and interaction between a system and an environment is modeled by a continuous measurement of a population difference between the two chiral states. The resultant equations are explored for various parameters, with emphasis on the combined effects of the initial condition of the system, the chiral discrimination energy and the decoherence. We focus on factors affecting the distinguishability as measured by population difference between the initially pure and mixed states and on the chiral stability as measured by the purity decay.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1006.3123

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