Quantum State Diffusion: from Foundations to Applications
arXiv:quant-ph/9701024
Abstract
Deeper insight leads to better practice. We show how the study of the foundations of quantum mechanics has led to new pictures of open systems and to a method of computation which is practical and can be used where others cannot. We illustrate the power of the new method by a series of pictures that show the emergence of classical features in a quantum world. We compare the development of quantum mechanics and of the theory of (biological) evolution.
18 pages, TeX, 6 Figures available from the authors. To appear in "Festschrift" in honor of Abner Shimony