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arXiv:quant-ph/9904061

The Dynamic Effect of Quantum Decoherence

Leonid V. Il'ichov

Published Apr 15, 1999• 0 citations
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Abstract

An effective force induced by spatially depending decoherence is predicted. The phenomenon is illustrated by a simple model of a 1/2-spin particle subjected to distributed unselective measurement of noncommuting spin components.

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