Decoherence and recoherence in an analogue of the black hole information paradox
We analyze a system consisting of an oscillator coupled to a field. With the field traced out as an environment, the oscillator loses coherence on a very short decoherence time scale; but, on a much longer relaxation time scale, it evolves predictably into a unique, pure (ground) state. This example...
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| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_05562821_v52_n4_p2221_Anglin |
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| Sumario: | We analyze a system consisting of an oscillator coupled to a field. With the field traced out as an environment, the oscillator loses coherence on a very short decoherence time scale; but, on a much longer relaxation time scale, it evolves predictably into a unique, pure (ground) state. This example of recoherence has interesting implications both for the interpretation of quantum theory and for the loss of information during black hole evaporation-the so-called black hole information paradox. We examine these implications by investigating the intermediate and final states of the quantum field, treated as an open system coupled to an unobserved oscillator. © 1995 The American Physical Society. |
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