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arXiv:quant-ph/9802041

On the necessary conditions for the occurrence of the "environment-induced superselection rules"

M. Dugić

Published Feb 15, 1998• 0 citations
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Abstract

We briefly summarize the main recently obtained results concerning existence of the (effective) necessary conditions for the occurrence of the "environment-induced superselection rules" (decoherence).
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9802041

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