Decoherence within a simple Model for the Environment

Abstract

This article examines the decoherence of a macroscopic body using a simple model of the environment and following the evolution of the pure state for the whole system. We found that decoherence occurs for very general initial conditions and were able to confirm a number of widely accepted features of the process.

arXiv comment13 pages, LaTex, no figures. To appear on Found. Phys. Letts