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A General Conceptual Framework for Decoherence in Closed and Open Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Mario Castagnino ,
Roberto Laura  and
Olimpia Lombardi
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Abstract

In this paper we argue that the formalisms for decoherence originally devised to deal just with closed or open systems can be subsumed under a general conceptual framework, in such a way that they cooperate in the understanding of the same physical phenomenon. This new perspective dissolves certain conceptual difficulties of the einselection program but, at the same time, shows that the openness of the quantum system is not the essential ingredient for decoherence.

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Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 74 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2006 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part I: Contributed Papers. Edited by Cristina Bicchieri and Jason Alexander , December 2007 , pp. 968 - 980
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