Decoherence without Dissipation

Abstract

That decoherence can take place in the presence of energy conservation seems to be a poorly known fact. That lack of knowledge has for example bedevilled the discussion of the "black hole information" problem. I present a simple model which illustrates such energy free decoherence.

4 pages-- To appear in Phil Trans Roy Soc in special issue on Decoherence, ed. A. Hagar

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