Decoherence and Quantum Darwinism
From Quantum Foundations to Classical Reality
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 13 March 2025
- ISBN 9781009552905
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages375 pages
- Size 254x178x22 mm
- Weight 926 g
- Language English 713
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Short description:
In this book, decoherence theory and Quantum Darwinism describe how our 'classical' world emerges from the quantum mechanical universe.
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The measurement problem has been a central puzzle of quantum theory since its inception, and understanding how the classical world emerges from our fundamentally quantum universe is key to its resolution. While the 'Copenhagen' and 'Many Worlds' interpretations have dominated discussion of this philosophically charged question, Zurek builds on the physics of decoherence and introduces the theory of 'Quantum Darwinism' to provide a novel account of the emergence of classical reality. Opening with a modern view of quantum theory, the book reconsiders the customary textbook account of quantum foundations, showing how the controversial axioms (including Born's rule) follow from the consistent core postulates. Part II discusses decoherence and explores its role in the quantum-to-classical transition. Part III introduces Quantum Darwinism, explaining how an information-theoretic perspective complements, elucidates, and reconciles the 'Copenhagen' and 'Many Worlds' interpretations. This insightful book is essential reading for any student or researcher interested in quantum physics.
'A magnificent, defining work by the foremost authority on the transition from quantum to classical. Over the past forty years, Zurek has put forward one groundbreaking idea after another about how interactions of quantum systems with their environment explain the many puzzling aspects of the emergence of classical behavior. His guiding principle, 'let quantum be quantum,' has turned out to be the key to unlocking the secrets of how quantum systems effectively become classical. The theories he has developed, from einselection to quantum Darwinism, have led to a seminal shift in our understanding of the quantum-to-classical transition and have been confirmed time and again in the laboratory. Written in an impressively engaging and accessible style, the book is the definitive text on all aspects of the quantum-to-classical transition. It will be an indispensable companion for anyone interested in modern quantum mechanics, from students to researchers.' Maximilian Schlosshauer, University of Portland
Table of Contents:
Preface; Part I. Foundations: 1. Introduction; 2. Discrete events from repeatability: 'Quantum Jumps' and the wave packet collapse; 3. Born's rule from the symmetries of entanglement; Part II. Decoherence: 4. Environment-induced decoherence; 5. Decoherence, Einselection, and its consequences; 6. Quantum and classical in phase space: decoherence and the second law; Part III. Quantum Darwinism: 7. Quantum Darwinism: environment as a witness; 8. Quantum Darwinism in action; 9. Quantum Darwinism and the existential interpretation.
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