Decoherence in the chemical compass: The role of decoherence for avian magnetoreception

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2012-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/1204.4179v1

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Biological Physics

25 pages; Contribution to a special theme issue on Decoherence in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, edited by Amit Hagar

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Contrary to the usual picture that decoherence destroys quantum properties and causes the quantum-to-classical transition, we argue that decoherence can also play a constructive role in driving quantum dynamics and amplifying its results to macroscopic scales. We support this perspective by presenting an example system from spin chemistry, which is also of importance for biological systems, e.g. in avian magnetoreception.

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