Low-resolution measurements induced classicality

Details Low-resolution measurements induced classicality Low-resolution measurements induced classicality

2008-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/0809.4616v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

12 pages, 2 figures

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The classical limit of quantum mechanics is discussed for closed quantum systems in terms of observational aspects. Initially, the failure of the limit h->0 is explicitly demonstrated in a model of two quantum mechanically interacting oscillators by showing that neither quantum expectations reduce to Newtonian trajectories nor entanglement vanishes. This result suggests that the quantum-to-classical transition occurs only at an approximative level, which is regulated by the low accuracy of the measurements. In order to verify the consistence of these ideas we take into account the experimental resolution of physical measurements by introducing a discretized formulation for the quantum structure of wave functions. As a result, in the low-resolution limit the quasi-determinism is recovered and hence the quantum-to-classical transition is shown to occur adequately. Other puzzling problems, such as the classical limit of quantum superpositions and nonlocal correlations, are naturally address as well.

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