Relativistic Quantum Measurement and Decoherence Lectures of a Workshop Held at the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici Naples, April 9-10, 1999 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Breuer, Heinz-Peter (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Petruccione, Francesco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2000.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 559
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

The development of a consistent picture for the processes of decoherence and quantum measurement requires a treatment which is compatible with the theory of relativity. This volume reviews some of the approaches suggested to solve or circumvent the arising difficulties. Starting from an analysis of...

Table of Contents:

• Special Relativity as an Open Question
• Event-Ready Entanglement
• Radiation Damping and Decoherence in Quantum Electrodynamics
• Decoherence: A Dynamical Approach to Superselection Rules?
• Quantum Histories and Their Implications
• Quantum Measurements and Non-locality
• False Loss of Coherence.