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arxiv: cond-mat/9809014 · v1 · submitted 1998-09-01 · ❄️ cond-mat · quant-ph

Classical behavior of a macroscopic Schroedinger cat

classification ❄️ cond-mat quant-ph
keywords classicalbehaviorenvironmentlocalizationmacroscopicquantumschroedingerstate
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We study the dynamics of classical and quantum systems linearly interacting with a classical environment represented by an infinite set of harmonic oscillators. The environment induces a dynamical localization of the quantum state into a generalized coherent state for which the $\hbar \to 0$ limit always exists and reproduces the classical motion. We describe the consequences of this localization on the behavior of a macroscopic system by considering the example of a Schroedinger cat.

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