corner
corner

Phys. Rev. D 36, 3287–3289 (1987)

Disentanglement of quantum wave functions: Answer to ‘‘Comment on ‘Unified dynamics for microscopic and macroscopic systems’ ’’

Download: PDF (128 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

G. C. Ghirardi
Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universitá di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

A. Rimini
Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Universitá di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

T. Weber
Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universitá di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Received 6 February 1987; published in the issue dated 15 November 1987

It is shown that the assumption of a stochastic localization process for the quantum wave function is essentially different from the suppression of coherence over macroscopic distances arising from the interaction with the environment and allows for a conceptually complete derivation of the classical behavior of macroscopic bodies.

© 1987 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.3287
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.36.3287
PACS:
03.65.Bz