9903037v1

related topics
{state, states, entangled}
{time, decoherence, evolution}
{time, systems, information}
{theory, mechanics, state}
{observables, space, algebra}
{let, theorem, proof}
{temperature, thermal, energy}
{energy, gaussian, time}
{measurement, state, measurements}
{particle, mechanics, theory}
{vol, operators, histories}

What is "system" : the arguments from the decoherence theory

M. Dugic

abstract: Within the decoherence theory we investigate the physical background of the condition of the separability (diagonalizability in noncorrelated basis) of the interaction Hamiltonian of the composite system, "system plus environment". It proves that the condition of the separability may serve as a criterion for defining "system", but so that "system" cannot be defined unless it is simultaneously defined with its "environment". When extended to a set of the mutually interacting composite systems, this result implies that the separability conditions of the local interactions are mutually tied. The task of defining "system" (and "environment") via investigating the separability of the Hamiltonian is a sort of the inverse task of the decoherence theory. A simple example of doing the task is given.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/9903037
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
18 (double spaced) pages, no figures
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/9903037
journal_ref:
Int.J.Theor.Phys. 45 (2006) 2215-2225
created:
1999-03-10

Full article ▸

related documents
0508071v3
0302075v1
0109102v1
0510237v1
0509195v1
0409140v1
0608012v2
0004051v2
0607190v1
0510078v3
0203153v2
0307023v2
0407227v3
0412220v2
0401129v2
0403022v2
0311051v1
0407179v1
0509218v1
0202041v3
0307073v4
0309110v2
0311184v1
0511116v2
0403043v2