Decoherence, Chaos, and the Correspondence Principle

Abstract

We present evidence that decoherence can produce a smooth quantum-to-classical transition in nonlinear dynamical systems. High-resolution tracking of quantum and classical evolutions reveals differences in expectation values of corresponding observables. Solutions of master equations demonstrate that decoherence destroys quantum interference in Wigner distributions and washes out fine structure in classical distributions bringing the two closer together. Correspondence between quantum and classical expectation values is also re-established.

4 pages, 2 figures (color figures embedded at low resolution), uses RevTeX plus macro (included). Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press)

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