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arxiv: quant-ph/0505175 · v1 · submitted 2005-05-24 · 🪐 quant-ph · gr-qc

Relational time for systems of oscillators

classification 🪐 quant-ph gr-qc
keywords oscillatorsrelationaltimeapproximatecorrectionsdecoherencedefineddynamics
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Using an elementary example based on two simple harmonic oscillators, we show how a relational time may be defined that leads to an approximate Schrodinger dynamics for subsystems, with corrections leading to an intrinsic decoherence in the energy eigenstates of the subsystem.

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