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arxiv: 1904.11811 · v2 · pith:VWQ2QPFEnew · submitted 2019-04-26 · 🪐 quant-ph

Decoherence of nonrelativistic bosonic quantum fields

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We present a generic Markovian master equation inducing the gradual classicalization of a bosonic quantum field. It leads to the decoherence of quantum superpositions of field configurations, while leaving the Ehrenfest equations for both the field and the mode-variables invariant. We characterize the classicalization analytically and numerically, and show that the semiclassical field dynamics is described by a linear Boltzmann equation in the functional phase space of field configurations.

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