Introduction to decoherence theory
arXiv:quant-ph/0612118 · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-88169-8_5
Abstract
This is an introduction to the theory of decoherence with an emphasis on its microscopic origins and on a dynamic description. The text corresponds to a chapter soon to be published in: A. Buchleitner, C. Viviescas, and M. Tiersch (Eds.), Entanglement and Decoherence. Foundations and Modern Trends, Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol 768, Springer, Berlin (2009)
57 pages, 2 figures; some new material added and typos corrected. This corresponds to the published version